New from the Oxford American dictionary program, an authoritative and up-to-date dictionary with full coverage of today's American English in one tiny book. Over 40,000 entries and 50,000 definitions are included. In-text notes help with spelling, grammar, and vocabulary, and useful appendices giving guidance on how to avoid common errors, spelling tips and rules, and pronunciation.
Erin McKean is the founder and CEO of Wordnik.com. Previously, she was the editor in chief for American Dictionaries at Oxford University Press, and the editor of the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2E.
Her books include Weird and Wonderful Words, More Weird and Wonderful Words, Totally Weird and Wonderful Words, and That's Amore (which is also a collection of words). The Secret Lives of Dresses is her first novel, and really, her first book where the words are arranged in something other than alphabetical order.
Erin lives in California south of San Francisco and spends her free time reading, sewing, blogging, roller-skating, and arguing about whether robots or zombies would win in a fight (lasers optional). She loves loud prints, quiet people, long books with happy endings, and McVitie's Milk Chocolate Hobnobs.
