Forrest Mims III books & mini-notebooks? I think these things raised a generation, were stocked at most Radio Shacks (defunct once-upon-a-time hobbyist-friendly

Forrest Mims III books & mini-notebooks? I think these things raised a generation, were stocked at most Radio Shacks (defunct once-upon-a-time hobbyist-friendly store). Friendly illustrations, simple design, very nice walk throughs. He has some material with Make too now. There might be way better options. This seemed to be pretty good though. Helped me a bunch. There were also a series of like 60-in-1 electronics projects at Radio Shack that demonstrated some projects, but it was kind of overwhelming. If i had an oscilliscope back then (easy to get now!) it wpuld have been neat. Make probably has better.