> How do I turn these components in to, say, a radio
The problem is that you have so many models of the same components, that can be connected together in so many configurations, to obtain so many results, that even if the book had a recipe to build a radio, it won't tell you a lot of how to build the radio for your given application (freq. range? power? bands? noise correction? etc.). It would probably be better to explain different components and how to use tools to probe them and tell whether they are behaving with the right voltage, current, resistance, frequency, timing, logic, etc.
The problem is that you have so many models of the same components, that can be connected together in so many configurations, to obtain so many results, that even if the book had a recipe to build a radio, it won't tell you a lot of how to build the radio for your given application (freq. range? power? bands? noise correction? etc.). It would probably be better to explain different components and how to use tools to probe them and tell whether they are behaving with the right voltage, current, resistance, frequency, timing, logic, etc.