In 1940, when he was in his mid-50's, Guy Pene du Bois published a lively memoir called "Artists Say the Silliest Things."

As Mr. Stephanopoulos repeatedly points out in this lively memoir, he and the President were alter egos of sorts.

His lively memoir is "full of interest to lovers of adventures," The Times wrote in 1900.

The New York Times wrote, "Maestro Martins has lived a life of renown, challenge, tenacity and triumph sufficient to fill a lively memoir".

In 1886 Moore published Confessions of a Young Man, a lively and energetic memoir about his 20s spent in Paris and London among bohemian artists.

And he is certainly not apologizing for any of it in his lively memoir, "Roone," published after his death in December at the age of 71.

A review in Publishers Weekly notes: "this lively memoir reveals the author's upbeat but pragmatic nature".

A "lively memoir" written by the Soviet musician and first violinist of the Borodin Quartet, covering the period between 1945 and 1975.

These lively memoirs also tell how to espalier an apple tree against a fence or why conifers are so important to the winter garden.

A lively memoir by the former newspaper publisher.