In a message dated 11/17/00 8:08:53 AM, you wrote: << Thinking of presents made me think of books, which is what I would want > for a present. However, that is not going to do much good, if the language > is unreadable. How much English do you need to understand Peanuts, or Calvin > and Hobbes? Some of my favorite reading, if not truly great literature. > Does Germany or Europe have newspaper comics?>> Charles M. Schulz, the creator of "Peanuts" is of German descent, so that might or might not be of interest to those in Germany, when you are thinking of book gifts. His grandmother came from Germany in 1893. Judy