THE ADVENTURES OF SNIDER, THE CIA SPIDER
John Taylor Gatto’s only book for children! (Author of Dumbing Us Down.)
The Adventures of Snider, the CIA Spider is a fabulously funny epic comic about a spider who is a big thinker with a fantastic plan for his life: becoming a CIA spy! Our spider, Snider, leaves his wife Wanda and their 26 children on the Irrawaddy River, while he sets out on a banana peel boat headed to Washington DC in pursuit of his dream.
EDUCATION’S NOT THE POINT: WHY SCHOOLS FAIL TO TRAIN CHILDREN’S MINDS AND NURTURE THEIR CHARACTERS
These essays are a"must read" for parents concerned about their children's education. John Taylor Gatto gives some insights into the "dumbed-down" nature of modern schools, the men behind modern schooling, and why the schools are not designed to provide an "education" for our children. Dorothy L. Sayers concisely and humorously describes the kind of education schoolchildren should receive, so that they can think for themselves, read original sources, and formulate their own ideas. Elizabeth Y. Hanson speaks to the traditional wisdom of delaying formal education in favor of a "heart" education, so children do not suffer from the kind of anxiety, depression and learning disorders that have become so prevalent in the post-modern world.
“SHAKE-SPEARE’S” TREATISE ON VERSE
George Gascoigne's long-forgotten treatise, now rendered accessible for the modern reader, is a poet's bible. A rare book in an age when the science and art of poetry have been abandoned, it should help to revive an art that we cannot afford to lose.
"To those who are of the belief that the majestic plays of "Shake-speare" were written by an illiterate country lad from north of London, then this technical treatise on verse is where he learned his skill if ever he was in need of such instruction."
— D. J. Hanson
Lost Tools Press
The name Lost Tools Press is borrowed from the famous essay, The Lost Tools of Learning, by Dorothy Sayers. In it, Sayers humorously reminisces about the forgotten tools of learning, otherwise known as the seven liberal arts: grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
Lost Tools Press aims to raise the bar by publishing books that speak to a higher ideal in literature. There is no particular genre for the press, only that each Lost Tools book will be chosen for its inherent ability to improve the reader's mind.
