In a message dated 10/24/99 9:05:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ck31@ukc.ac.uk writes: << and mein kampf is one of the most tedious books i have ever tried to read and ended up putting down. if he painted the way he wrote i'm not surprised he didn't sell any of them. cheers, craig >> Yep, I had the same experience. Reading it was something like talking to a brick wall. Jim