New to iPhone…

What is a ham-and-egger?

What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes?

Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall?

The answers to these and many more questions are in this fascinating iPhone App – ‘Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable’.

Here, you can track down the stories behind the names and sayings you meet, whether in classic literature or today’s news.

This authoritative dictionary draws on Oxford’s unrivalled bank of reference and language online resources to cover classical and other mythologies, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, philosophy, and popular culture. Extensive cross referencing makes it easy to trace specific information, while every page points to further paths to explore.

• Explores a wealth of cultural reference
• The real stories behind the names and sayings
• From mythology to genetic engineering
• Organized for easy navigation between related entries

Ask yourself :

• What is the fog of war?
• Who first wanted to spend more time with one’s family?
• When was the Dreamtime?
• How long since the first cry of Women and children first?
• Where might you find dark matter?
• Would you want the Midas touch?
• Should you worry about grey goo?

Cutting Edge iPhone reference App specially designed for the iPhone & iPod Touch and the Oxford Paperback Reference series

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

Just launched on the iPhone… an easy-to-use, information-packed, authoritative reference on the modern Islamic world by the bestselling and expert author of What Everyone needs to Know about Islam.

This superb Oxford Dictionary provides more than 2,000 vividly written and up-to-date entries:

• Part of the market-leading Oxford Paperback Reference series the Dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners.
• A highly informative look at the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world. Naturally, readers will find many entries on topics of intense current interest, such as terrorism and the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, the PLO and HAMAS. But the coverage goes well beyond recent headlines.
• There are biographical profiles, ranging from Naguib Mahfouz (the Nobel Prize winner from Egypt) to Malcolm X, including political leaders, influential thinkers, poets, scientists, and writers.
• Other entries cover major political movements, militant groups, and religious sects as well as terms from Islamic law, culture, and religion, key historical events, and important landmarks (such as Mecca and Medina).
• A series of entries looks at Islam in individual nations, such as Afghanistan, the West Bank and Gaza, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the United States, and there are discussions of Islamic views on such issues as abortion, birth control, the Internet, the Rushdie Affair, and the theory of evolution. Whether we are listening to the evening news, or reading a book on current events, references to Muslims and the Islamic world appear at every turn.

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam offers a wealth of information for anyone curious about this burgeoning and increasingly important world religion.

Available on iTunes: http://su.pr/1X1jRy

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