I have a friend who is getting into electronics, and he wants a book to learn to read schematics. My problem is that I don't know of any such material in English and don't want to seem unhelpful. Besides, I think it's down to gradually building up from little projects, and it's not really a matter of sitting down and reading a book (imo, anyway).
In any case, if there are useful schematics-reading books in English, please let me know, and I'll pass on your recommendations.