Lesley Harrison, 70, shows off the overdue library book, "Ich Lerne Deutsch," that she borrowed in April 1966. North Tyneside Council / SWNS A British woman finally returned a German language textbook ...

DW set out to prepare a list of interesting German-language novels and stories published since 1900 that have been translated into English. The compilation turned out to be the first of its kind. Here ...

Lesley Harrison with the German language textbook she took out in April 1966 A woman who kept an overdue library book for more than half a century has finally returned it 56 years later. Lesley ...

Lesley Harrison, 70, of North Tyneside borrowed the German language textbook in the 1960s. Without an amnesty on late fees, she would have had to pay over $2,400. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A ...

The move is seen by grammar purists as a further encroachment of English into German. Traditionally, apostrophes have not been used to indicate possession in German-speaking countries. The Council for ...