Reference Books Bought

This is simply an inverse chronologic list of the reference books I’ve bought since 2006, when I started keeping track separately from my books read list. I don’t necessarily recommend these books. See Books that I Recommend for the ones I liked.

2011

• Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes, by Harold McGee.

2010

• Locks, Safes and Security: An International Police Reference, by Marc Weber Tobias.
• The Restored New Testament, by Willis Barnstone.
• All Music Guide to Classical Music, by Chris Woodstra.

2009

• Using Drupal, by Angela Byron.
• LDAP System Administration, by Gerald Carter.

2008

• Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis, by IPCC.
• Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation, by IPCC.
• Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation, by IPCC.
• How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, by Mark Bittman.
• New Vegetarian Epicure, by Anna Thomas.
• Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home, by Moosewood Collective.
• The Artful Vegan: Fresh Flavors from the Millennium Restaurant, by Eric Tucker.
• Advanced Bread and Pastry, by Michel Suas.
• Rick Steves' Spain 2008, by Rick Steves.
• The Trans-Siberian Handbook, by Bryn Thomas.
• Hiking Death Valley: A Guide to Its Natural Wonders & Mining Past, by Michel Digonnet.
• Flatbreads and Flavors, by Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid.
• I Am Grateful: Recipes and Lifestyle of Cafe Gratitude, by Terces Engelhart.

2007

• Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi, by David Arora.
• Madhur Jaffrey’s World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking, by Madhur Jaffrey.
• Bread, by Jeffrey Hamelman.
• The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, by Peter Reinhart.
• Artisan Baking, by Maggie Glezer.
• Crust & Crumb, by Peter Reinhart.
• American Pie, by Peter Reinhart.
• The NPR Listener’s Encyclopedia of Classical Music, by Ted Libbey.
• Bread Book, by Thom Leonard.

2006

• The Amazing Wheat Book, by Learta Moulton.
• RAW: The Uncook Book, by Juliano Brotman.
• Laurel’s Kitchen Bread Book, by Laurel Robertson.
• A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine, by Eric A. Weiss.
• The Soapmaker’s Companion, by Susan Miller Cavitch.
• 507 Mechanical Movements, by Henry T. Brown.
• 970 Mechanical Appliances and Novelties of Construction, by Gardner D. Hiscox.
• 1800 Mechanical Movements and Devices, by Gardner D. Hiscox.
• Farm Blacksmithing, by J. M. Drew.
• Barn Plans & Outbuildings, by Byron D. Halsted.
• Fences Gates And Bridges: A Practical Manual, by George A. Martin.
• The Young Mill-Wright And Miller’s Guide, by .
• New Edge of the Anvil, by Jack Andrews.
• The Contrary Farmer, by Gene Logsdon.
• Welder’s Handbook, by Richard Finch.
• How to Build Small Barns & Outbuildings, by Monte Burch.
• Rodale’s Book of Practical Formulas, by Paula Dreifus Bakule.
• Low Fire, by Leon I. Nigrosh.
• Ditch Medicine, by Hugh L. Coffee.
• Making the Best of Basics, by James Talmage Stevens.
• Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills, by John McPherson, Geri McPherson.
• Back to Basics, by Reader’s Digest editors.
• The Kiln Book, by Frederick L. Olsen.
• Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors Vol. 1, by Franklin D. Jones.
• Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors Vol. 2, by Franklin D. Jones.
• De re Metallica, by Georgius Agricola.
• Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, by Denis Diderot.
• Foxfire Book, by Eliot Wigginton.
• The American Red Cross First Aid & Safety Handbook
• Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, by Warren C. Young.
• The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book, by Carla Emery.
• The Complete Modern Blacksmith, by Alexander G. Weygers.
• Machinery’s Handbook, by Erik Oberg.
• The ARRL Antenna Book, by R. Dean Straw.
• ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications 2006, by Dana G. Reed.
• Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers, by Moosewood Collective.
• Fields of Greens: New Vegetarian Recipes from the Celebrated Greens Restaurant, by Annie Somerville.
• New Moosewood Cookbook, by Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Restaurant.
• Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook, by Vegetarian Times Magazine.
• The Savory Way, by Deborah Madison.
• The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook, by Diana Shaw.
• Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving, by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
• Pressure Cookers for Dummies, by Tom Lacalamita.
• Joy of Cooking: All About Canning & Preserving, by Irma Von Rombauer.
• Preserving Summer’s Bounty: A Quick and Easy Guide to Freezing, Canning, Preserving, and Drying What You Grow, by Susan McClure.
• Plants and Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates of the San Francisco Bay Region, by East Bay MUD.
• Backyard Homestead, Mini-Farm and Garden Log Book, by John Jeavons, Robin Leler, J. Morgador Griffin.
• Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region: Mendocino to Monterey, by Linda H. Beidleman, Eugene N. Kozloff.
• Pests of the Garden and Small Farm, by Mary Louise Flint.
• Garden Insects of North America, by Whitney Cranshaw.
• Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, by Barbara W. Ellis, Fern M. Bradley.
• Keeping the Harvest: Preserving Your Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs, by Nancy Chioffi, Gretchen Mead.
• Ball Blue Book of Preserving, by Alltrista Consumer Products.
• Canning & Preserving for Dummies, by Karen Ward.
• Stocking Up, by Carol Hupping.
• New Laurel’s Kitchen, by Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, Brian Ruppenthal.
• Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen, by Donna Klein.
• Simply Vegan: Quick Vegetarian Meals, by Debra Wasserman, Reed Mangels.
• How It All Vegan, by Tanya Barnard, Tany Barnard.
• The Garden of Vegan: How It All Vegan Again!, by Tanya Barnard, Sarah Kramer.
• Voluptuous Vegan, by Myra Kornfeld, George R. Minot.

2005

• Growing California Native Plants, Vol. 45, by Marjorie G. Schmidt.
• Edible and Useful Plants of California, by Charlotte Bringle Clarke.
• Attracting Birds: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-64, by Olwen Woodier.
• Creating a Wildflower Meadow: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-102, by Henry W. Art.
• Complete Guide To Single Malt Scotch, by Michael Jackson.