I struggle daily trying to get my CSS stuff to work, usually I fail

If anyone's read a book on CSS that not only helped you learn syntax, but also shows workarounds and is a good reference please post it here.

Thanks!

The first and only CSS book that I have read is called "CSS Mastery" It is excellent, although some of the workarounds described for IE 5 do not apply any more since that browser is virtually dead.

Oreilly's CSS the Definitive Guide

But there are a lot of great web resources.

Any of Eric Meyer's books :

• CSS: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition (O'Reilly & Associates, November 2006; first edition, 2000)
• Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer's Reference (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, March 2001)
• CSS Pocket Reference (O'Reilly & Associates, May 2001)
• Eric Meyer On CSS (New Riders, June 2002)
• More Eric Meyer on CSS (New Riders, April 2004)
• CSS Web Site Design (Peachpit, November 2006

CSS Mastery by Andy Budd is excellent, as already noted: http://www.cssmastery.com/

Also good, Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cedarholm

For beginners, these to SitePoint books are a great place to start:
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/css2/
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/html1/

Two that I like are
Stylin' With CSS by Charles Wyke-Smith

and
(a classic)
CSS Web Site Design by Eric Meyer

In the interest of full disclosure, I msut say that I organize a conference where they either have spoken or are going to speak.

http://www.VoicesThatMatter.com/WebDesign2008

Yes, your next one is right here where I live and I'd love to go, but the price is too high and the company won't pay for it.

Thanks for the recomendations.

Some great links guys, I haven't looked into anything like this before, I learned it more by trial and error but I'd be interested in refining my knowledge.