Where can a person get books on growing mushrooms for the table here in az-9

First of all I think the spores will keep just fine in the shipping container until your wood chips arrive. You may want to refridg them just in case.

But the best thing to do is call the company you are getting them from. The 2 mushroom companies I have ordered from have both been very helpful over the phone with questions like that. They want your patches to thrive as much as you do, that way you will purchase more varieties from them later.

In my opinion as an organic gardener (for 40 years--back when we all were considered weirdos & kooks), I would not advise the use of any kind of "Miracle-grow" (actually the brand name is Miracle-Gro)on anything!
I would instead urge everyone to support the smaller, truly organic companies that do not have the Big Bucks it takes to advertise their products. They are rarely found in the big box stores, but are readily available online and even locally sometimes if you really care enough about the health of your family, your soil, and the earth to search them out.

And I thought the following was interesting--kind of indicative of the fact that the chemical companies like Scott's resent the little people like us gardeners horning in on "their" territory. (Kinda like the big pharmaceutical companies are unhappy with those of us who prefer to use alternative medicine as much as possible!)
See http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2007/05/how_to_get_sued.html and if you have the time & inclination, click on some of the other informative links suppplied there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Discussion of Miracle-Gro