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E. B. White's greatest stories, asides, essays, jokes, and tall tales about the city he arguably saw clearest, loved best, and skewered most mercilessly. Over more than fifty years at the New Yorker, E. B. White came to define a kind of ideal American prose: clear, casual, democratic, and urbane...

First published in 1907, My Life as an Indian is the memoir of James Willard Schultz and tells the story of his first year living with the Pikuni tribe in Montana. It includes accounts of religious customs and ceremonies, hunting, raids, food preparation, child-rearing and more, and is thus of great interest to anthropologists and students of Native American history.

Bloomsbury presents Inside Threat by Matthew Quirk, read by Will Damron. From the author of The Night Agent, now a worldwide hit Netflix series. With the President at risk from a threat closer than anyone could have imagined, only one operative can save him… Assume the worst. Code Black. The...

Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E. B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. The New York Times named Here Is New York one of the 10 best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker called it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city".

The Ellipse is one small area in front of the South Lawn of the White House. Although we don't have to cross a single street, this tour is a BIG challenge. Instead of the open areas similar to the National Mall, this is a very enclosed, highly secured part of DC. We're lucky to be able to tour here! Your host, BrightPath Tours, will lead you through this historic area where we'll see some of DC's lesser-known monuments and memorials, including the Boy Scout Memorial and the Zero Mile Marker.

If you're visiting DC and don't have a lot of time for a tour, try one of BrightPathTours mini-tours. They're under an hour but they pack plenty of history, stories, and intriguing tidbits! This tour of the President's Neighbors is made up of only three stops but we’re visiting three of the most imposing and historic buildings in Washington, DC: the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the White House, and the United States Treasury Building.