how-to book

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how-to
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌhaʊˈtuː/us
/ˌhaʊˈtuː/
A how-to book, video, or other product provides advice on how to do a ...
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book
noun
uk
/bʊk/us
/bʊk/
a written text that can be published in printed or ...
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The book is not ahow-tobookfor first time builder.
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Authors of how-to books often were modellers who also sold their own materials, and a proprietary practice likely led to silence about the chemical features of their own products.
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Burroways published oeuvre includes eight novels, memoirs, short stories, poems, translations, plays, two childrens books, and two how-to books about the craft of writing.
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From that point forward, she worked mostly alone on dozens of computer how-to books for beginning to intermediate users.
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Parra also is the author of, part of the popular international series of how-to books.
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With the few tools and how-to books they brought with them, they were able to repair the cabin.
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These guides included fashion how-to books including basic pattern making textbooks as well as fashion history books.
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Designers are also forbidden to bring pattern books or similar how-to books with them during the show, or risk being disqualified from the competition.
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His how-to books on adventure sports have been industry leaders for twenty years.
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The emphasis of unconditional love, in parenting how-to books, represents the importance of a child developing a stable sense of being cared for and respected.
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Though popular how-to books for the general public do exist, the spells published in them are not always reliable, and can backfire in dangerous or embarrassing ways.
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