This is a good place to start:
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, &
Liberation : The Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, and Other Basic
Buddhist Teachings
http://snipurl.com/8jsy
Anything by Thich Nhat Hahn is excellent.
http://snipurl.com/8jt1
His translations are accessible, comprehensive, and often beautiful.
And I keep this around to read often:
The Tao Te Ching translation by Stephen Mitchell
http://snipurl.com/8jt4
Can anyone here recommend a good basic book on Buddhism?
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Sooz