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.

Tables are alright. The stunts you have to pull with CSS to achieve the same are not worth it. Right tool for the right job. I love CSS. I use lots and lots of it. But for tables, I use TABLE. For columns, I use TABLE because it was created for that purpose (and the real columns feature is not yet widely supported).