Rating:  - How to give content a fresh new look
I bought this book because I was working on a website with good content but poor presentation. I wanted to get ideas about how to make a website look good and be web standards compliant. This book has certainly given me a lot of inspiration and tips on how to improve the presentation using CSS. The CSS snippets throughout are great for explaining simply how special effects can be achieved.
This is a book that will still be relevant when web technologies change because it gives a glimpse of the big picture: how content can be displayed in so many different and interesting ways. In the end, that's what every web designer is trying to achieve, no matter how they do it today or tomorrow.
Rating:  - The Zen of CSS Design:Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter)
this book focuses only on one project that is outdated on the web. It does not teach you, or shows you how to code. It takes some of the examples, created by random people and talks about a few tricks that are used on their pages. The examples of design, which is chosen, are horrible, especially when it comes to the use of typography.
Rating: - I haven't read the book yet
.. but I fully expect to. Having followed the csszengarden site from nearly the beginning, I wouldn't miss it. I was learning css on my own when I came across the site.. being a visual artist, and unabashedly a "web DESIGNER" - I finally FINALLY felt that I had found my calling, my mecca on the pages of the site with all of the talented designers.
I learned SO MUCH downloading the css and trying my own stuff -- I actually credit the site for helping me to finally understand css and how it could be stretched - how it could be made to do the things I had always wanted to do. My kudos to everyone involved!
Rating: - Perfect!!!
I recieved my order fast, the book was in great shape, and wouldn't hesitate to order from amazon! Great service!
Rating: - A very interesting read
This is a valuable book to the shelf of any web designer. But set your expectations correctly. I think many of those who give this a low score do so because they want a computer programming book. This does have some CSS code in it, and has many helpful hints to resolve browser (99% of which are IE!!) issues, but spends most of its time discussion the particular area of web page design (as opposed to print design) and how the experienced and novices alike should address this medium.
Approach this from the perspective of what can CSS do for me, and how do designers approach the topic, and you will be very pleasantly surprised.
And finally, my favourite page on the Zen Garden website is this page (for me it stands head and shoulders above all others, although I expect many may disagree!):
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