Canongate Books

Richard Parker, a massive bengal tiger lost at sea for nearly a year with only a teenage boy to keep him company. Or is it the other way around; Pi, a teenage boy with only a tiger to share the boat with? As interesting as it is unlikely, but just who are Pi and Richard Parker? Pi, formally Piscine, grew up at his father’s zoo, the same one where Richard Parker came upon. As the story states, the tiger was initially named Thirsty because he was caught while drinking, yet there had been a…

“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival,” claims the author of Life of Pi, Yann Martel, in the voice of his character Piscine “Pi” Patel. Pi survives as a castaway for 227 days after the cargo ship Tsimtsum sinks for an unknown reason, and takes Pi’s family with it. Now Pi must face survival with only a limited supply of food and water and the fully grown Bengal Tiger, Richard Parker, for company. Pi’s story shows the…

advice, and have morals, which teach you lessons. Even if you read a book for the hundredth time, when you finish it, it might teach you something new, or a new way to look at it. It gives different point of views. So then you might ask why read books? Well, reading books improves your imagination, it helps expand yourself as a person, and of course simply to have fun, after all reading is just another…

act like he knows a lot about books even though he really doesn’t. This makes him look even less smart. The second Conflict is man versus man which is a struggle that occurs between two characters. This conflict occurs between the man and Mr. Clark. The man’s admiration for Mr. Clark turned into jealousy toward him, which caused a struggle between the two. Although Mr. Clark did not do anything, the man starts to dislike Mr. Clark and because of that he buys the book Mr. Clark was saving up…

fiction author, expresses the importance of libraries in the above quotation, stating that access to the public library essentially “cures” us of our nescience, pessimism, and prejudice. Bray describes books—to which the library card is a passport—as windows into new mindsets, ideas and perspectives; books are described as conduits by which the library broadens…

course the picture books were the best. I mean, at that age, I didn’t really have the visualization skills to see the book on my own just from words, versus how I am today. So, I loved having the pictures in books as a visual aid. I was reading things like “Beauty & the Beast, The Jungle Book, Tarzan, Cinderella, and The Lion King.” I can’t say how many times I read those books over and over. I went on to read more and more of those books, but this time they had some chapters. Books such as…

shelved according to Dewey. First, arranging fiction books by genre will help students, especially younger students, find what they want to read for pleasure more easily than shelving them by author’s last name. Students need to experience success, not frustration when browsing. This crucial first step to finding a “just right book” is aided by the bookstore model library organization. This method also gives users easy access to other books or “read-alikes” they may be interested in reading.…

I have always been known by my family and in school as an avid reader. Early on, my mom, a former elementary school teacher herself, fostered in me a burning desire for reading and a love to get lost in a book. In grade school, I was known to finish my math and other more “boring” work as quickly as possible so that I could get back to whichever story I was reading at the time. As I got older, reading for pleasure took a backseat to homework, a social life, and other hobbies. I believe I…

back, in the 1650+ range. Scanning the page I found it only listed four titles. Making up my mind, I settled on looking for one called The Scarlet Letter that I’d never heard of before. After a few short minutes of looking, I triumphantly pulled the book from the shelf and inspected the cover. It looked more worn and faded and had an old-fashioned drawing on the front that didn’t catch my fancy. Only slightly dissuaded, I turned it over to the back to read the synopsis. Sentence by sentence, my…

Although paperback and digital books are both great ways of reading, they each have distinct advantages and disadvantages. There are three categories in which some of the main advantages and disadvantages can be sorted into; Price, Enjoyment and Convenience. The first category price can vary for both ways of reading. Paperback books can be fairly expensive when bought one at a time and that’s similar for digital books as well. But, an advantage when buying books for digital books is that it's…