Is there a reading list on here? For a few topics listed below

1. Step by step setup design for home gardens or food forest? - id like to start this as a business.

2. What to do first step by step once you buy land? Beside getting water. notice the post above about chickens mulch and creating compost. I was wanting to get a big piece of land so this could be on larger scale not urban.

3. Desert gardening permaculutre maybe even biodynamic, the big piece of land would be high desert.

Heres the list books ive compiled  not sure what to get first.

Permaculture: A Designers' Manualby Bill Mollison

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Editionby Toby Hemenway

People & Permaculture: Caring and Designing for Ourselves, Each Other and the Planetby Looby Macnamara, Rebecca Storch

Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guideby Aranya, Patrick Whitefield

The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and Other Temperate Climates by Patrick Whitefield

Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Securityby Masanobu Fukuoka, Larry Korn

Permaculture Two: Practical Design for Town and Country in Permanent Agricultureby Bill Mollison

From Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Designby Nancy Jack Todd

The Self-Sufficient Backyardby Ron, Johanna

Month-By-Month Gardening in the Deserts of Arizona: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Yearby Mary Irish

Growing Vegetables in Drought, Desert & Dry Times: The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening without Wasting Waterby Maureen Gilmer

Gardening with Less Water: Low-Tech, Low-Cost Techniques; Use up to 90% Less Water in Your Gardenby David A. Bainbridge

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life and Landscapeby Brad Lancaster

I have 1 book called1 straw evolution its good has ideas but its kind of more the philosophy or permaculture. I need more step by step guidance i think.  

I'm currently reading this book, Integrated Forest Gardens, and it's very good. I think it would be helpful in planning out your food forest. It talks a lot about different plants in different climates and places and goes into technical stuff but it's not a huge textbook.

Gaia's Garden is a pretty book but if you already are already familiar with a lot of permaculture practices and principles, you might want to get a more technical book. It is however a great book as an introduction.