Unlock the Knowledge of Cultural Literacy: A Must-Have Reference Guide for All Americans

DOLCE FAR NIENTE: I love this book. Easy to read and helps me to feel more educated and articulate. I recommend reading before dates, dinner parties, job interviews as will help you to feel more confident socially.

United States on Dec 04, 2023

Mrs. Rose: I enjoy this reference book I have bought it years ago and it was damaged in the flood so I was just replacing it. It's a good reference book to have in your library.

United States on Oct 27, 2023

Freddie: Good product and fast shipping. Highly recommended seller. Thank you.

United States on Apr 07, 2023

Doll Lover: This is a hefty book. I think I was expecting something smaller BUT it's proving to be interesting and informative. This book was recommended reading by J. J. McCullough.

Canada on Jan 17, 2023

Amazon Customer: great book

Canada on Oct 16, 2019

William Strunk Jr: 素晴らしい本です、アメリカのこともと知りたい方は読んだ方がいいですよ!

Japan on Jun 13, 2012

Dave Edmiston: My eighth-grade son told me he had an assignment that he couldn't finish until he got to school the next morning because he had to look something up in the Cultural Literacy dictionary. I thought he was trying to pull one over on me, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and told him he could only use this excuse once.

A few days later he told me he used a special favor with his school librarian and was able to bring this book home. Huh? You mean he wasn't kidding me before? So I flipped through the pages to see what this was. I was shocked that he had assignments where he actually had to look something up in a paper book instead of Googling it. OK son, you have my attention.

So he walked me through it and explained to me why he needed this reference book for his assignments. He showed me a few examples of references he had used for projects where the references used cultural terms he was unfamiliar with, like D-Day and the League of Women Voters. He explained that the reference book he was using was just a little mature for him, but that he could look up some of these unfamiliar issues, define them, and cite their definitions in his paper and then continue on with...

United States on Nov 07, 2011

Hoke: This book, to put it plainly, is awesome. It is crammed full of knowledge that will truly put you on the road to cultural literacy. This book does not go into detail on any given subject. Instead it gives you the general meaning on a variety of subjects. It describes itself as a dictionary and that is how it is formatted. I do not understand why people complain that this book does not go in-depth on all of the subjects. That describes an encyclopedia and encyclopedias are available for sale too.

The definitions are presented according to subjects. The subject headers in this book are:

The Bible, Mythology and Folklore, Proverbs, Idioms, World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion, Literature in English, Conventions of Written English, Fine Arts, World History to 1550, World History Since 1550, American History to 1865, American History Since 1865, World Politics, American Politics, World Politics, American Politics, World Geography, American Geography, Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology, Business and Economics, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine and Health, Technology.

Home schoolers I highly recommend this to you....

United States on May 30, 2006

THE SPECTATOR: 素晴らしい本です。
「教養あるアメリカ人」として承知しておくべき知識を"The...

Japan on Mar 02, 2003