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  2. Janissaries (series) - Wikipedia

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    A small force of mostly American troops, mercenaries under a secret CIA contract in Africa during the Cold War about to be annihilated by a Cuban military force, is "rescued" by the Shalnuksis, extraterrestrial beings part of an interstellar Confederation who offer them their lives in exchange for service on a primitive planet raising surinomaz ("madweed"), a plant used to produce a ...

  3. List of The New York Times number-one books of 1981

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    Book Author January 4: Cosmos: Carl Sagan: January 11 January 18 January 25: Crisis Investing: Douglas R. Casey: February 1 February 8 February 15: Cosmos: Carl Sagan: February 22 March 1 March 8: Never-Say-Diet Book: Richard Simmons: March 15 March 22: Cosmos: Carl Sagan: March 29 April 5: Never-Say-Diet Book: Richard Simmons: April 12 April ...

  4. List of The New York Times number-one books of 2008

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    The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best selling books in the United States. The lists are split in three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.

  5. List of The New York Times number-one books of 1975

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    Sylvia Porter's Money Book: Sylvia Porter: September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 November 16 November 23: Power! Michael Korda: November 30: Bring on the Empty Horses: David Niven: December 7 December 14: Sylvia Porter's Money Book: Sylvia Porter: December 21: The Relaxation ...

  6. Very Short Introductions - Wikipedia

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    Very Short Introductions (VSI) is a book series published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, intended for a general audience but written by experts.

  7. List of The New York Times number-one books of 1946

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    The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The most popular title was The Hucksters which spent much of the latter half of the year (19 weeks) at the top of the list and a total of 35 weeks among the top 15.

  8. Complete Idiot's Guides - Wikipedia

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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

  9. Horrible Histories (book series) - Wikipedia

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    Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic, and part of the Horrible Histories franchise.The books are written by Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite, and Neil Tonge, and illustrated by Martin Brown, Mike Phillips, Philip Reeve, and Kate Sheppard.