Why are iOS apps appearing in iBooks on my Mac ?

Hello,
I got a problem with iBooks application on my Mac (Mac mini mid 2011, OS X 10.9).
Recently, I noticed I had lots of icons which are not books or pdf files in my iBooks library, but apps I downloaded on my iPhone from the app store. You can see it on the attached screen shots.
They appear as 'downloading', but they never download…
I tried to quit and launch again iBooks, restart my Mac mini… but nothing changed.
Do you have an idea of how I could fix it ?
(Without reinstalling the system would be better…)
Thank you.
Guillaume

You can backup your iTunes library any number of ways. An external hard drive using Time Machine or any other backup software would be one way. You can also backup the library to DVD. Read both of these articles.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1382
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751
Of course you can always download the apps again at no charge as long as you use the same Apple ID that you purchased them with.

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