In Early Buddhism, T. W. Rhys Davids distills decades of scholarship into a concise but richly layered account of the origins and development of Buddhism in its formative years. He examines the life of the Buddha, the establishment of the monastic order, and the core teachings that defined the new path — such as the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Rhys Davids also delves into early doctrinal developments and how Buddhism differentiated itself from the prevailing Vedic tr...

One of the most important texts in the literature of Buddhism, the Jātaka contains stories that celebrate the previous lives of the Buddha. The future Buddha may appear in these "jātakas" as a king, an outcast, a god, an elephant — but in whatever form he takes, he exhibits some virtue which the tale then proceeds to inculcate in the reader.This superb selection of 47 stories of the Buddha — among them "The Bar of Gold Jātaka," "The King's Lesson Jātaka," "The Gem-Thief Jātaka," and...

In the heart of the Australian bushland, Gob Gob the grumpy bunyip has a peculiar hatred for joyfulness, especially the laughter of kookaburras. He captures these merry birds whose laughter signals impending rain, essential for the animals to know when to bring in their washing and locks them all up in his cave. The bush animals, led by Wise Old Kookaburra and aided by an ancient gum tree, devise a plan to teach Gob Gob a lesson. Wise Old Kookaburra challenges Gob Gob to a test of strength...

MEET DETECTIVE RUTHERFORD BARNES IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES FROM A SERVING POLICE OFFICER.Discover an absolutely gripping crime thriller with a massive twist.On a wild and stormy night on England’s south coast, ambitious young police constables Rutherford Barnes and Harriet Holden are doing the rounds when they see a burglar fleeing the scene of the crime.And the location is Harriet’s house. The ground floor is ransacked. Scrawled in red across one wall are ...

Firefly meets Lethal Weapon in this exciting sci-fi mystery adventure!Deep in the frontier of a galactic empire, on the edges of explored space, a body is found near a remote settlement on an alien world.The body of a child.The victim isn't from the settlement, her cause of death is suspicious, and where she came from is a complete mystery. How did this little girl get to this planet light-years away from civilization, and how did she die?

What the hell was I thinking agreeing to a relationship with two bisexual sugar daddies?All I wanted was a shot at Yale—and the tuition money to make it happen.Joining a sugar daddy site felt like a necessary evil. I braced myself for a sleazy older creep.Instead, I got***Matt***—gorgeous, charming, and exactly the kind of man I never thought I’d find on a site like that.But then came the twist:Matt isn’t doing this alone.He’...

Hell has a dark sense of humor. Let’s hope David does, too.David Steele, an aging one-hit wonder, thought making a deal with a demon lord named Ahriman would save his life. Instead, it cost him his soul—and landed him in the suburbs of Ashburn, Virginia, a supernatural prison for minor demons, forgotten gods, and lots of other creatures who’ve had the misfortune of crossing Ahriman’s path.Now, trapped in the body of a demon everyone hates, David is Ahriman’s reluctant right...

HarperI was supposed to walk down the aisle to Finn Gallagher, heir to the Gallagher mafia. Instead, I walked out of my own life as the favored mafia daughter to start a new one in Hawai’i.On my terms.Now they’ve found me.He’s found me. Cian Mahoney, the most wanted and despised enforcer in the Gallagher Mafia.My nemesis.And the man whose kiss intoxicated me the night I disappeared.If he drags me back to New York, my ...

MaeveKellin Brennan is the answer to my prayers. If his company invests in my boutique Santa Monica hotel, I can finally escape my family. My destiny. And run my hotel on my terms, free from my father’s mafia world.I didn’t expect a man who looks like a god and oozes sex appeal.He’s silver-tongued. Charming.And dangerous.Because behind the mask of a polite and calculated businessman, I glimpse a man who would kill for me.A ma...

Charming yet wickedly imaginative mystery ghostwriter Maeve Gardner finds herself at the center of a murder investigation with more twists and turns than any story she's ever written, perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Richard Osman.Maeve Gardner kills people for a living. A dodgy occupation perhaps, but as ghostwriter for the long-running Simon Hills mysteries, Maeve has planned the perfect murder time and again and she enjoys it. She dreams of writing someth...

Three hearts. Two betrayals. One impossible choice.Six years ago, DEA psychologist Nina Palmer lost the man she loved to deep cover—and buried the grief so deep it almost broke her. When Chris Longo came back from the dead, nothing was the same. Not for her. Not for the man she’d learned to trust in the aftermath.Wyatt Booth never meant to fall for Nina. Never meant to get tangled in her past. But he stayed anyway—through the silence, through the s...

BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and workOne of the most important and influential Russian writers of the 19th Century, Fyodor Dostoevsky is admired worldwide for his great realist novels, exploring questions of morality, philosophy and the nature of existence. This compilation contains the BBC radio productions of his four most famous novels - as well as three lesser-known wor...