Oxford Guide to Countries of the World now available on iPhone for the first time!

The App features concise overviews of every country in the world, covering social, economic, religious, and political issues. Features maps and vital statistics including GDP, life expectancy, income distribution, and internet use.

Global Data tables, with up-to-date information, show main social and economic indicators country-by-country.

This invaluable global guide contains separate entries for every country in the world:

• Each entry gives a succinct overview covering the contemporary social, economic, religious and political issues that shape the country. It also contains maps (including two colour world maps on the inside covers), and vital statistics such as GDP, life expectancy, income distribution, and internet use.
• Packed with up-to-date facts presented in an easily accessible format, this dictionary is ideal for students and teachers of geography, politics, economics, world religions, and world history at all levels, as well as people who want a reference work to accompany an atlas.

Available on iTunes: http://su.pr/2kuDfl

We just launched an essential new Buddhism Reference App on the iPhone.

The App covers beliefs, doctrines, concepts, schools, sects, practices, major texts, major historical scholars, place names, artefacts and contemporary issues. Provides chronology of important dates, pronunciation guide, and guide to canonical scriptures

This new dictionary, now available on Apps Store as part of the best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series:

• Covers both historical and contemporary issues in Buddhism, and includes all Buddhist schools and cultures.
• Over 2,000 broad-ranging entries cover beliefs, doctrines, major teachers and scholars, place names, and artefacts, in a clear and concise style.
• The text is illustrated with line drawings of religious structures, iconographic forms and gestures, and ritual objects.

The perfect guide for undergraduate students following courses on Buddhism, Religious Studies, Theology, and a range of Social Science disciplines such as Anthropology; postgraduate students, academics, practising Buddhists, and the general reader or researcher seeking information on Buddhism.

More info at: http://ow.ly/Peu7

We just launched a new Modern & Contemporary Art Reference App which is an essential A-Z reference work for art students, artists, and art lovers.on the iPhone.

From Oxford University Press its a unique and authoritative reference work containing around 2,000 clear and concise entries on all aspects of modern and contemporary art. Its impressive range of terms includes movements, styles, techniques, artists, critics, dealers, schools, and galleries.

There are biographical entries for artists worldwide from the beginning of the 20th century through to today’s globalized art world, from conservatives and academics to the most controversial of the avant-garde, from household names to a host of lesser known figures.

• App covers movements, styles, techniques, artists, critics, dealers, schools, and galleries
• Strong international coverage of art and artists from the 1960s to the present day
• Extensive coverage of photography in modern and contemporary art
• Indications of public collections and publicly sited work
• Biographical entries for artists worldwide, from the early 20th century to the early 21st
• Recommended web links for many entries, accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art companion website

This dictionary is a fascinating and thorough guide for anyone with an interest in modern and contemporary culture, amateur or professional. With emphasis on recent art and artists, for example Ai Weiwei, Tracey Emin, and Damien Hirst, it has an exceptionally strong coverage of art from the 1960s onwards, which makes it ideal for contemporary art enthusiasts.

Further reading is provided at entry level to assist those wishing to know more about a particular subject. In addition, this edition features recommended web links fo

r many entries, which are accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art companion website.

Its the perfect companion for any gallery visits!

More info at: http://su.pr/3eF5ay

Half Page support for our new range of iPhone Apps in the Manchester Evening News… “A MANCHESTER software company is working with the Oxford University Press to bring some of its best known reference books to mobile phones.”

More info at: http://su.pr/AIwZnu

Available on iTunes: http://su.pr/22P4gt

Get the facts on the fats, and know your carbs… with the new Oxford Dictionary of Food & Nutrition on iPhone:-

This leading dictionary contains over 6,150 entries covering all aspects of food and nutrition, diet and health. Jargon-free definitions make this a valuable dictionary that clearly explains even the most technical of nutritional terms. From absinthe to zymogens, it covers types of food, nutritional information, vitamins, minerals, and key scientific areas including metabolism and genomics.

Available on iTunes. More info: http://su.pr/2T4u1s