I need html help with creating a webpage that looks like a book cover?

I need to create this cover of this book in html http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TX9…

I just don't get it I have spent 6 hours and end up with nothing that looks like it at all. Any help?
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML AND XHTML</title>
</head>
<body>
<table height="100"WIDTH="150%" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="105" >
<td rowspan="100"bgcolor="maroon"> </td>
<th align="right" colspan="2">NEW PERSPECTIVES</th>


<tr> <th align="center" colspan="2">HTML AND XHTML</th>

</th> </tr>

<tr> <th align="right" colspan="2">
5TH Edition</th </tr>



<tr> <th align="right" colspan="2">
Patrick Carey </th> </tr>




</table>
</body>
</html>
This is the html code I have so far how do I get the html and xhtml text to get bigger and how do i get the text 5th edition right below the html and xhtml text? Also how do I get the maroon part to be below the html and xhtml?
 
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