Best book(s) that provide an overview of Different Buddhist schools

[Dragpo]

Hi

Can anyone recommend a book or a selection of books that would cover all the major schools of Buddhism , I'm particularly looking for how they formed, similarities and differences, etc.

e.g. The Buddhist Schools of the Small Vehicle by André Bareau

The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Teaching and Practice by John Snelling seems like a possibility - can anyone elaborate on its usefulness.

Thanks

[SunWuKong]

Buddhism: An Introduction and Guide, Penguin UK, 2001; published in US as The Story of Buddhism, Harper: San Francisco, 2001

Italian translation, Che cos'è il Buddhismo, Rome, Ubaldini Editore, 2002.
Czech edition, 2003.
Spanish edition, 2009.

[Fortyeightvows]

Excavating buddhism by madhusudan sakya

[Bristollad]

https://www.wisdompubs.org/sites/defaul ... review.pdf

But Chinese and Japanese schools are only lightly touched on if at all.

Here for a standard university introduction to different Mahayana thought and schools

http://www.khamkoo.com/uploads/9/0/0/4/ ... dition.pdf

[Dragpo]

Thanks all

[Dharma Flower]

Here's the old standby:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Ma ... 9XjJw1YwIC