An Insight into the Culture of Britain and America

An up-to-date guide to British and American culture that gives you an insight into what's important in both countries today, what's popular, and what people feel strongly about. It's written for learners of English, in language that's easy to understand.

10,000 entries, including special entries with extra vocabulary on topics such as advertising, football and soap operas all help you learn much more about both cultures.


Up-to-date Help in Your Travels and Studies

Discover the facts and figures about Britain and America in the 21st century
Explore the rich, the famous and infamous, history, legends, festivals, music, food, shopping and attitudes
Look up famous quotations and find out who said what
Get ideas of what to read - choose from lists of books that won the Booker, Pulitzer and other prizes plus suggestions for further reading




The MSDict Dictionary Format

The Oxford Guide to British and American Culture is here presented in MSDict electronic format. MSDict offers best experience in mobile reference and is available for any handheld platform.

Quick dynamic search of words while you type
Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation
Hyperlinks between different related words
Dynamic changing of font sizes
Wildcard filtration feature (the use of "?" replaces a letter and "*" replaces a group of letters within words)
Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time
Support for MMC, memory stick, and SD memory cards