guidebook
noun
guide·book
ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k 
plural guidebooks
: a book that gives useful information about a particular subject : handbook
I had been hired to write a cultural study, "how to" guidebook on being a Canadian …—
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: a book of information for travelers
Most cities have some sort of restaurant guidebook that often proves helpful. —Jinx and Jefferson Morgan
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Vivek Murthy, who was appointed as surgeon general during both the Obama and Biden administrations, went on Sesame Street to stress the importance of vaccinations and put out a guidebook to hosting dinner parties as a cure for loneliness.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Staying at the legendary Malaysia Hotel (where Tony Wheeler wrote the first Lonely Planet guidebook), tooling around town in tuk-tuks, sipping tom yum gai at a street stall, and making the obligatory pilgrimage to the Grand Palace to view the Emerald Buddha.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noah Howell, a legendary Wasatch skier, took 13 years to complete the guidebook.
—Jake Stern, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025
Over its nearly two-dozen films and TV shows, the battle between the formidable Empire and the scrappy resistance has become not just a metaphor for the current crisis of the day, but a moral guidebook of how and when — and when not — to fight.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Staying at the legendary Malaysia Hotel (where Tony Wheeler wrote the first Lonely Planet guidebook), tooling around town in tuk-tuks, sipping tom yum gai at a street stall, and making the obligatory pilgrimage to the Grand Palace to view the Emerald Buddha.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noah Howell, a legendary Wasatch skier, took 13 years to complete the guidebook.
—Jake Stern, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025
Over its nearly two-dozen films and TV shows, the battle between the formidable Empire and the scrappy resistance has become not just a metaphor for the current crisis of the day, but a moral guidebook of how and when — and when not — to fight.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Guidebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guidebook. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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guidebook
noun
guide·book
ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k
: a book of information for travelers
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