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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/Microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook)
 
-The TypeScript Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the TypeScript language
+The TypeScript Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the TypeScript language.
+It is meant to be read online at [typescriptlang.org][1] or [directly from this repository](pages/Basic Types.md).
 
 Please see the [latest TypeScript Language Specification](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/blob/master/doc/spec.md) for more details.
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+[1]: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/basic-types.html