Dharma Paths by Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Translated by Ngodup Burkhar and Chójor Radha.  First published in 1992.  This book is Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche's classic introduction to Buddhist path and practice.   Khenpo Karthar is well known as abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, the Karmapa's monastery in Woodstock, New York. 

Featured topics from the Table of Contents :  Introduction to Buddhism,  the Buddha's first teaching, Refuge and Lay Precepts, Taming the Mind,  Entering the path of Bodhisattvas, The Six Perfections, Stages of the Path, The Three Vehicles.