I like o'reilly's book web design in a nutshell very good reference (little dated in some cases (not much for beginner, has all the ropes, just not up on latest browsers firefox 1.0 or 1.5...) though hopefully a 4th edition is on it's way)
ooh... and don't forget http://csszengarden.com great for seeing how powerful css really is and getting some good idea's for design.
I like o'reilly's book web design in a nutshell very good reference (little dated in some cases (not much for beginner, has all the ropes, just not up on latest browsers firefox 1.0 or 1.5...) though hopefully a 4th edition is on it's way)
ooh... and don't forget http://csszengarden.com great for seeing how powerful css really is and getting some good idea's for design.