handbook

[ hand-boo k ]

/ ˈhændˌbʊk /

a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.

a guidebook for travelers: a handbook of Italy.

a reference book in a particular field: a medical handbook.

a scholarly book on a specific subject, often consisting of separate essays or articles: a handbook of lectures on criticism.

Origin of handbook

translation of German Handbuch

The Jewish/Israel lobby will have to throw away its handbook.

Why I Like Naftali Bennett |Shaul Magid |January 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In the 1970s, he wrote a book called Handbook on Abortion, which he updated and republished in seven editions over the years.

Todd Akin Finds a Friend in Dr. John Willke, a Pro-Life ‘Founding Father’ |Abigail Pesta |August 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Comics were my handbook, my point of entry into American culture.

New Yorker Covers You Weren’t Meant to See |Jorge Colombo |May 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He is the author, most recently, of Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Important Ideals.

The President Vs. the Press |Eric Alterman |March 25, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

She is currently working on her third book, a novel called THE SOCIAL CLIMBER'S HANDBOOK.

Who Killed the Yummy Mummy? |Molly Jong-Fast |January 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The book is not intended as a handbook for the nursery; many such exist, and many of them are of great merit.

The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases |Charles West, M.D.
By his elbow a delicate Siamese conned a handbook of strategy.

Ulysses |James Joyce
Fifty per cent of that is needed by the handbook men to operate their places.

The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World |Robert O. Harland
So I bought a handbook on palmistry and, having absorbed it, set out for my next party full of confidence.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 7, 1920 |Various
It became the handbook of statesmen and jurists, and has never ceased to be quoted by them down to the present day.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 |Various

handbook

/ (ˈhændˌbʊk) /

a reference book listing brief facts on a subject or place or directions for maintenance or repair, as of a car a tourists' handbook