beginner html help

I'm teaching myself html & css by constructing a basic wee site (free hosting, a few directories, nothing too complicated) and I was interested in putting a box (for a blog/"word of the day" style feature) in the top right hand corner of the main page, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I would appreciate it greatly if someone could provide a basic framework that I could work around for constructing this feature.

Also, I would appreciate a recommendation for an HTML reference book that is available in the UK.

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Here's where I learned all my HTML.  There's also tutorials on XML,CSS,JavaScript, and almost everything web related.  Hope this helps.

http://w3schools.com/