Broken handbrake: howto?

[powercat]

Good evening toyotanation!

Just a few days ago, I acquired my first car - a Toyota Echo 2000

I love it so far!
I consider myself a pretty handy guy so I'm hoping to learn more about cars by attempting to do repairs myself!

The first thing is that my handbrake doesn't work at all.

I have searched the net but found NOTHING!

I was able to get the "2000 to 2002 Toyota Echo Factory Service Manual" from the net, but it has no information on hand brake!
I searched the net and it seems like no one's handbrake ever broke!

I searched many online stores and could not find anything about hand brake cables, I'm at a loss.

Please help me fire this out. Why isn't the information out there?

Where can I obtain a paper copy of the book that explains how to fix the car? I would love one.

Hoping to hear back from some experts!
Thanks.