Thanks for the help!  The shipping info for Taro 
was quite helpful, too ^_^ (If I can split the 
shipping with a friend, then the charge is 
managable).  Is International Mail a "standard" 
thing internationally?  I ship a lot of stuff 
overseas, and vice versa, but I usually send 
packages airmail or sea/surface (that can be a 
difference of $60 to Japan ~_~ ...books are so 
heavy!!)  The American postal system has some of 
the cheapest rates in the world (especially for 
the service, I get really irritated when people 
complain about the postal system ^_^;;) but 
International shipping is quite expensive, I 
think...

As for all packages insured in Switzerland...  
Isn't that because you're mostly socialist? ^_~