The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia (4th Edition) provides you withinstant access to over 16,000 articles supplying you with a wealth of cultural,historical, biographical, and scientific information. ? This new edition provides updated information on events of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including entries on George W. Bush, Osama Bin Laden, and the World Trade Center.

A desktop dictionary that's fun and educational. Designed to help children ages 6 & up learn spelling, writing, and grammar. Contains over 40,000 simple, brief definitions. Includes an arithmetic tutor, a calculator, and a printing and cursive handwriting animation feature that demonstrates how to write any letter combination. Features personalized greetings, animations, spell correction , Confusables , Crossword Solver , User List , a jump feature, and seven different games - including "Fun with French" and "Fun with Spanish" language games.