Product Description: This volume continues the detailed examination of the British Library Kharosthi scrolls--extremely fragile and brittle fragments of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. Although their provenance is uncertain, there are strong indications that they came from Hadda in eastern Afghanistan and were most likely written in the early first century A...read more

Product Description: A lively account of memorable events in the Prophets life, beautifully told. These tales... are a delight to read, giving imaginative vitality to the bare facts so often related in other accounts of the Prophets life. This title is a chapter book intended for readers 8+.

Product Description: This is Tripitaka Master Paramartha's earliest (ca 550 ce) complete edition of The Ratnavali, one of Arya Nagarjuna's most important works. In its five 100-verse chapters, Nagarjuna presents both abstruse teachings and practical advice to lay and monastic practitioners while also describing in considerable detail the short-term and long-term terrains of the Bodhisattva Path...read more

Product Description: This is a treatise on the meaning of "The Sutra on Generating the Resolve to Become a Buddha." It was written by the famous early Indian shastra master and bodhisattva, Shramana Vasubandhu (ca 300 ce). In this text, Vasubandhu discourses on the causality behind the origination of the bodhisattva vow (bodhicitta) and on each of the six perfections through which that vow reaches its fruition in buddhahood...read more

This new book from McLaney and Atrill is designed to give non-specialist students a balanced introduction to financial and management accounting. The authors adopt the same open-learning approach and clear writing style of their earlier texts, but introduce new advanced topics, activities and questions to take a more in-depth look at accounting and finance in a business context. Real company illustrations are integrated throughout the text, allowing the students to link the theory of accounting with actual report and accounts extracts from well-known companies. Instructor's Manual (0-13-011063-9) Generic CD-ROM (0-13-989740-2) Overhead Masters (0-13-989732-1).