What book is best to learn from?

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In addition to Johns' links - here's a few more:
All available from the Adobe site:
TUTORIAL LINKS
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WS42d4a1c0291fbe4e59147ede1232ff9686c-8 000.html
LIST OF CSS TUTORIALS ON ADOBE SITE:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/css.html
Using Page Properties to create a basic CSS style sheet
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/505/cpsid_50576.html
For a tutorial on fluid layouts
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/bk_dwcs4_mastering_css/bk_dwcs4 _mastering_css_04.pdf
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/?navID=gettingstarted
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/tableless_layout_dw8.html
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/css_concepts.html
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/index.htm
For HTML and CSS Reference:
http://reference.sitepoint.com/css
http://www.w3schools.com/

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