Customer Review: John Strong's "The Experience of Buddhism" obviously borrows heavily in idea and form from Stephen Beyer's 1970s text "The Buddhist Experience," and it's been updated a bit to include new texts on developing trends in Buddhist thought. "TEOB" is a collection of primary texts with commentaries, some... more info
Customer Review: I put on about 100,000 frequent flier miles a year. Once in an airport while waiting for a delay I came across this book. Almost as a joke I bought it to amuse my travel companions. We all joked a bit about it for a while. Our flight eventually boarded and I took the book out and began to read. I... more info
Customer Review: One of the problems of this book is it is too short. It can be finished in two hours flat or around that and contained an astonishing wealth of material including much I did not know. There are such tantalising leads set up about the man, and a voluminous set of follow up sources, but the book... more info
Customer Review: I was in Prof. Broun's first class at UNC Law that used the 7th ed. of this casebook. It is probably the most comprehensive casebook I have encountered in law school, but it does not have much explanatory text accompanying the main cases and subsequent notes. If you have Broun (or Mosteller at Duke... more info
Customer Review: This is one of the books you'll want to get. The actual Absokeavadeana is a romance of Asoka (much like the many Alexander romances). But this volume is as much a critical study as a book of the writings. You will learn a great deal, and if you are just becoming aquainted with the king, you will... more info
