Best Human Interest Stories - April 2024

Honeymoon Cottage (A Pajaro Bay Mystery Book 1)

• ASIN: B0190LLDKA
• ASIN: B0190LLDKA
• Manufacturer: Pajaro Bay Publishing

Pride and Prejudice

In this historic romance, young Elizabeth Bennet strives for love, independence and honesty in the vapid high society of 19th century England.

• ASIN: B008476HBM
• ASIN: B008476HBM

Where the Crawdads Sing

• ASIN: B078GD3DRG
• ASIN: B078GD3DRG
• Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire

Soon to be a major Netflix original series!This special boxed set includes the first three novels in Andrzej Sapkowski's NYT bestselling epic fantasy saga -- the books that introduced the world to The Witcher and inspired the hit blockbuster video games.For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf.Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. Th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316438979
• ASIN: 0316438979
• ISBN: 0316438979
• Manufacturer: Orbit

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick“Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!” —Reese WitherspoonNo one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735220697
• ASIN: 0735220697
• ISBN: 0735220697
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel

• ASIN: B0756DZ4C1
• ASIN: B0756DZ4C1
• Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

Surrender

5 Sizzling Authors . . . 5 Ways to Surrender.BOOK DESCRIPTIONS:TALL, DARK and CHARMING by Erika WildeAiden Stone loves life as a bachelor and has no intentions of settling down anytime soon. He has a great job and a career he enjoys, and women adore him . . . except for Daisy Parker, who doesn't seem fazed by his flirtatious attempts or the sexy smile that normally has panties dropping to the floor. She's a tougher nut to crack, but the fact that she seems immune to his charm only fascinates him more . . . until one hot unexpected encounter with her blows his mind and gives them both more than... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00GBHW9L4
• ASIN: B00GBHW9L4
• Manufacturer: 7th Press

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller listFrom the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501173219
• ASIN: 1501173219
• ISBN: 1501173219
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

• ASIN: B01COJUEZ0
• ASIN: B01COJUEZ0
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

The updated edition of the book that has changed millions of lives with its insights into the growth mindset. After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a g... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345472322
• ASIN: 0345472322
• ISBN: 9780345472328
• Brand: Ballantine Books
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36'.”For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143125478
• UPC: 884832131572
• ASIN: 0143125478
• ISBN: 9780143125471
• Brand: Daniel James Brown
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Thinking, Fast and Slow

• ASIN: 0374533555
• ASIN: 0374533555
• ISBN: 0374533555
• Brand: Daniel Kahneman
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a surv... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547577311
• ASIN: 0547577311
• ISBN: 0547577311
• Brand: Clarion Books
• Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

The Handmaid's Tale

• ASIN: B003JFJHTS
• ASIN: B003JFJHTS
• Brand: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFor readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M14UN1J
• ASIN: B01M14UN1J
• Brand: Ballantine Books
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

When Johnny Doesn't Come Marching Home : A Compelling Human Interest Story about a 20 Year Old Boy's Search for Adventure in World War One

In 2017, the United States of America will be celebrating the Centennial of World War I. 1st Sergeant JOHN RUSSELL SMALL was a Veteran of that War. This is a true account of his experiences

• UPC: 467581169
• Rating: 3.0

Walking with Ellen White : The Human Interest Story

Walking with Ellen White: The Human Interest

• UPC: 52866930

Understanding First Class Dental Care: A Human Interest Story - Part II - eBook

This book relates the author's determination to learn and grow with his advocation as a dentist. The reader will learn what is involved in becoming a dentist. The author clearly explains how procedures are performed,

• UPC: 945923999

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11 : True Stories from Around the World

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11 is the latest in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing -- from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The

• UPC: 52608279
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 : True Stories from Around the World

Since publishing the original edition of A Woman's World in 1995, Travelers' Tales has been the recognized national leader in women's travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing

• UPC: 55388614
• Rating: 3.0

Erin Go Bragh: Human Interest Stories of the Irish in the American Civil War (Paperback)

Erin Go Bragh. Anglicized from the Gaelic phrase for "Ireland Forever." In the mid-19th century, the slogan was particularly popular among many Irish immigrants who had moved to the United States for political or personal

• UPC: 777684408

The Best Travel Writing 2006 : True Stories from Around the World

For readers planning to spend time in a foreign locale, wanting to reminisce about a favorite trip, or just plain interested in the world, this volume provides over 25 of the best travel pieces and

• UPC: 46126644
• Rating: 4.0

News and the Human Interest Story - eBook

In this account of the growth of newspapers in modern, industrial society, Helen Hughes traces the development of a mass audience through analysis of the origins of the human interest story in the popular ballads

• UPC: 846602472

From The Grand Canyon To The Great Wall: Travelers' Best, Worst And Most Ridiculous Stories From The Road - eBook

“We made our way down the street and arrived at the first intersection where one of the soldiers, who under the dark street lights looked to be only about 15 years old, placed his hand

• UPC: 897114344

The Best Women's Travel Writing : True Stories from Around the World

These tales are thematically eclectic and cover spiritual growth, hilarity and misadventure, romance, solo journeys, service to humanity, family travel, and exotic cuisine, all told from a woman's

• UPC: 53626847