The mini engineer notebooks is probably what you're thinking of; and you're right on your assessment. But he wrote other books published through Radio Shack (a

The mini engineer notebooks is probably what you're thinking of; and you're right on your assessment. But he wrote other books published through Radio Shack (and maybe TAB publications?) that did address things for learning and such. His website has a complete listing of his works: http://www.forrestmims.org/publications.html http://www.forrestmims.org/publications.html In fact, the first book on that page is called "Getting Started in Electronics" (he's actually a prolific author); between that book, the mini-notebooks, and AOE - that would be a great set for an electronics education.