Ahem.. all garden books are the same..?

I agree they hit the main points (after all, there are only a handful)
but IMO there are worlds of differences.

So.. Bob Thompson, Eliot Coleman - first rate gardener/authors. Ruth
Stout.. I missed any references she may have made to the fact that her
"no-weed" (no-work?) garden required TONS of mulch materials.. Moving
that amount of stuff qualifies as work in my book

Is there a reading list on this NG? Search for it, might have some
directions to point you in.