From the Atkins Diet to the iPod and to Jamie Oliver - the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture gets to the heart of the language. The encyclopedic entries help teachers explain points of British and American culture. The Third Edition has been fully revised and updated with all the latest cultural information. - Combines a complete language dictionary with 15,000 cultural and encyclopedic entries covering people, places, history, geography, the arts and popular culture; - 80,000 words and phrases with clear definitions using the 2000-word Longman Defining Vocabulary; - Feature pages on topics including festivals, special days and key events in British and American history; - In two colour throughout.