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Books portal; For Dummies – a similar series of how-to books from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Découvertes Gallimard, a similar series in French of introductory books, noted for its fine illustration. Some titles are translated in other languages. FabJob – a similar series of how-to-books for starting a business or dream career
Various books in the series. Notable For Dummies books include: DOS For Dummies, the first, published in 1991, whose first printing was just 7,500 copies [4] [5] Windows for Dummies, asserted to be the best-selling computer book of all time, with more than 15 million sold [4]
The Introducing... series, like the For Beginners series, has its origins in two Spanish-language books, Cuba para principiantes (1960) and Marx para principiantes (1972) by the Mexican political cartoonist and writer Rius, pocket books which put their content over in a humorous comic book way but with a serious underlying purpose.
Note: Titles that begin with an article (A, An, Das, Der, Die (German: the), L' , La, Las, Le, Los or The) should be listed under the next word in the title.Very famous books and books for children may be listed both places to help people find them.
Vera Southgate (10 March 1916 – 23 March 1995) was a British educationalist who dedicated herself to improving how children were taught to read English from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, a period when many different methods were practised, including the initial teaching alphabet, phonics, and whole language.
The books are also gaining some popularity for classroom use [citation needed] because of their novel approach to their subject matters. The official web site for the Head First series has forums for each book as well as code downloads and sample chapters. They include: Head First Agile (ISBN 978-1449314330) by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
The series began in 1995, and by March 2023 there were 730 titles, published or announced. [2] [3] The books have been commercially successful, [4] and have been published in more than 25 languages. [5] Institutions can subscribe to an online service to allow their users to read the books. [6]
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