A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.

A comic book.

plural of prayer book

(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible. / (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.

In livestock breeding, a written record of the genealogy of animals.

plural of poll book

The (Christian) Bible.

plural of guide book

(theater) Able to perform scripted material from memory, without need to refer to the text. / (accounting) Off the books, not officially recorded.

(colloquial, with regard to income) Undeclared for tax and social insurance etc.