I agree. Yeast was interesting, but probably biased being written by a guy who sells yeast. By that I mean he makes it sound so special, but then you brew a beer with a wyeast packet that is 2 years old that froze/thawed dozens of times and it makes good beer even without oxygenation.
The Water and Hops were pretty bad. Actually I think the Water was so bad I got upset reading it and didn't bother with Malt and have given up on homebrewing books. I bought the sour book and I might buy the aging beers book, but I think I am gonna stick with technical papers, internet articles, and occasional BYO mag. I think the problem with books is they are either science geeks with very little in common with a home-brewer or a successful home-brewer who got popular from from being in the right place at the right time and struggle to make a whole book about it.