Try searching amazon with simple electronics in the books bit, I have done this and there are some good ones that can pop up. H&H is a great book but not what I think you want, look at some of the 51 projects for numptys type books, I am not being rude I am being serious, those will give you mainly simple circuits to build and some have pretty good explanations of the circuits without all the theory.
Stay away from electronics for dummies etc, but look for the 1001 simple project's type of book. That should give you what your looking for.