suggested reading: HTML5 for Web Designers by Jeremy Keith
** Available direct from the publisher at http://www.abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers

suggested reading: Introducing HTML5 by Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp

suggested reading: CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer. 3rd edition optional: CSS3 for Web Designers by Dan Cederhalm
** Available direct from the publisher at http://www.abookapart.com/products/css3-for-web-designers

suggested reading: jQuery in Action by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz

suggested reading: JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford

suggested reading: DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model by Jeremy Keith and Jeffrey Sambells