A good read.

I bought an interesting little book today. Buddhism, A Very Short Introduction by Damien Keown.
It's published by The Oxford University Press www.oup.com. I was very impressed. I've read countless books on Buddhism in the past, but this one gives you all the basics, plus a very interesting final chapter on Buddhism in the West. It's also less than 1cm thick, so I finished it and still had time for an afternoon snooze.