Best Six Word Memoirs - April 2024

The Best Advice in Six Words: Writers Famous and Obscure on Love, Sex, Money, Friendship, Family, Work, and Much More (Six-word Memoir)

The creator of the bestselling, short-form Six-Word Memoir series, Larry Smith, is back again with THE BEST ADVICE IN SIX WORDS, a poignant collection of universal wisdom, life lessons, and caution thrown to the wind. With 1,000 contributions from celebrities like Molly Ringwald, Whoopi Goldberg, Lemony Snicket, and Gary Shteyngart, as well as everyday people who've learned a thing or two about a thing or two during their time on the planet, readers will pulled into the sometimes hilarious, often serious, occasionally reflective experience of the book.Don’t miss these amazing tips:“Never, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250067014
• ASIN: 1250067014
• ISBN: 1250067014
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure

Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time. One Life. Six Words. What's Yours? When Hemingway famously wrote, ,,For Sale: baby shoes, never worn,', he proved that an entire story can be told using a half dozen words. When the online storytelling magazine SMITH asked readers to submit six-word memoirs, they proved a whole, real life can be told this way too. The results are fascinating, hilarious, shocking, and moving. From small sagas of bittersweet romance (,,Found true love, married someone ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061374059
• ASIN: 0061374059
• ISBN: 0061374059
• Brand: Fershleiser, Rachel (EDT)/ Smith, Larry (EDT)
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure

From the editors of the international phenomenon and New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes a collection of six-word memoirs created by and for teens.From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to breaking laws, the memoirs in this collection reveal that often the youngest writers have the most fascinating stories to tell.One life. Six words. What's yours? 

• ASIN: 0061726842
• ASIN: 0061726842
• ISBN: 0061726842
• Brand: Fershleiser, Rachel (EDT)/ Smith, Larry (EDT)
• Manufacturer: HarperTeen

Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure

Love wounds the heart and soul . . . From the editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes another collection of terse true tales—this time simple sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak contains hundreds of personal stories about the pinnacles and pitfalls of romance. Brilliant in their brevity, these insightful slivers of passion, pain, and connection capture every shade of love and loss—six words at a time.

• ASIN: 0061714623
• ASIN: 0061714623
• ISBN: 0061714623
• Brand: Fershleister, Rachel (EDT)/ Smith, Larry
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure

Thousands of people around the world responded to SMITH Magazine's call for six-word memoirs. Following up on the smashing success of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning, here are more memoirs from Sarah Silverman, Junot Diaz, Neil Patrick Harris, Suze Orman, Gay Talese, Tony Hawk, Amy Tan—and hundreds of never-before-published writers. Funny and bittersweet, witty and wild, or downright tragic, these addictive life stories are both monumental and miniscule. Six-word memoirs have become a global phenomenon, offering anyone and everyone a telling peek at humanity... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061719439
• ASIN: 0061719439
• ISBN: 9780061719431
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

One Life, 6 Words - What's Yours?: Six-Word Memoirs from Smith Magazine

A thousand glimpses of humanity -- six words at a time. Hemingway was once bet that he couldn't produce a story in just six words. He wrote 'For sale: baby shoes, never worn.' He won the bet. But if an entire story can be told in just six words, can the same be said of an entire life? The answer, according to this addictively readable collection of mini-memoirs, is yes. In these short, sharp tales of tragedy and triumph, bittersweet romance and stinging regret, all of life is packed into half a dozen words. From A. L. Kennedy and Aimee Mann to amateur writers around the world, everyone, it see... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0007284705
• ASIN: 0007284705
• ISBN: 0007284705
• Manufacturer: Harper Press

Six Days: The Incredible Story of D-Day's Lost Chapter

June 1944. World War II. D-Day. 182 members of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division parachute into the French countryside--a full eighteen miles southeast of their intended target. Six Days: The Incredible Story of D-Day's Lost Chapter is an original graphic novel from DC Vertigo is the true story of a World War II battle that took place in the small village of Graignes, France for six days and the people that survived to tell the tale.In the worst mis-drop of the D-Day campaign, a group of soldiers are rattled to find themselves even deeper behind enemy lines than anyone had intended. Miraculously... [Read More]

• ASIN: 140129071X
• ASIN: 140129071X
• ISBN: 140129071X
• Manufacturer: Vertigo

Best Books for Middle School and Junior High Readers: Grades 6-9, 3rd Edition

Identifying outstanding fiction and nonfiction titles, this practical book allows educators to find engaging books for students in grades six to nine that will help turn them into lifelong readers and learners.• Supplies concise, lively annotations and review citations on everything from literary classics and non-fiction titles to graphic novels• Provides quick access to information for both library staff and patrons with thematic, curriculum-oriented organization and clear subject breakdowns• Indicates which books are also available in audio format and in eBook format―valuable informa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1598847821
• ASIN: 1598847821
• ISBN: 1598847821
• Brand: Brand: Libraries Unlimited
• Manufacturer: Libraries Unlimited

Fifty: An Oldie But a Goodie: Funny Black Journal to Write In, 50th Birthday Gift Memory Book, Notebook Diary - 115 Pages (6x9)

GREAT 50TH BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR WOMENThis 6x9 blank lined journal is the perfect size for on the go!* 115 pages for all your notes, to do lists, ideas, and more* Quality binding* Durable white paper feature black lines for writing* Sleek, matte-finished cover offers a professional lookPlease take a look at our other products for more great gift ideas for everyone you know!

• ASIN: 1096206382
• ASIN: 1096206382
• ISBN: 1096206382
• Manufacturer: Independently published

The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters

The great wits and beauties of their age, the Mitford sisters were immoderate in their passions for ideas and people, counting among their diverse friends Adolf Hitler and Queen Elizabeth II, Cecil Beaton and President Kennedy, Evelyn Waugh and Givenchy. As editor Charlotte Mosley notes, not since the Brontës have the members of a single family written so much about themselves, or have been so written about.The Mitfords offers an unparalleled look at these privileged sisters: Nancy, the scalding wit who transformed her family life into bestselling novels; Pamela, who craved nothing more than ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061373648
• ASIN: 0061373648
• ISBN: 0061373648
• Manufacturer: Harper

Fenway: A Biography in Words and Pictures

• ASIN: 0395945569
• UPC: 046442945561
• ASIN: 0395945569
• ISBN: 0395945569
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin (T)

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters

• ASIN: 037583527X
• ASIN: 037583527X
• ISBN: 037583527X
• Brand: Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. His compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and who became a friend of Dr. Hachiya. In a new foreword, John Dower... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0807845477
• ASIN: 0807845477
• ISBN: 0807845477
• Brand: University of North Carolina Press
• Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press

Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents

With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.” His journeys took him to Lake Eyre in the arid heart of Australia, along Moses’ route to the Dead Sea, and from Moscow to the Caspian Sea. He pedaled across the Andes to Patagonia, around tiny Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, and from Tucson to Death Valley. With a scientist’s eye, he vividly observes local landscapes and creatures. As a lone man, he is overfed ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 157805141X
• ASIN: 157805141X
• ISBN: 157805141X
• Brand: Brand: Sierra Club Books
• Manufacturer: Counterpoint

The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. In this book O'Neill describes his idyllic childhood in Butte, Montana; his impulsive decision to join the SEALs; the arduous evaluation and training process; and the even tougher gauntl... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01N7YU0QW
• ASIN: B01N7YU0QW
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio

The Best Advice in Six Words : Writers Famous and Obscure on Love, Sex, Money, Friendship, Family, Work, and Much More

An inspirational gift book full of advice written in six-word installments, building off of Smith's popular Six-Words platform and the success of his previous Six-Word

• UPC: 45967758
• Rating: 2.0

Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak

From "SMITH" Magazine and the creators of the "New York Times" bestseller "Not Quite What I Was Planning" comes a collection of six-word sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. It contains the most

• UPC: 10195251
• Rating: 4.4

Not Quite What I Was Planning : Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure

A fascinating, addictively compelling, illustrated collection of six-word memoirs that are alternately humorous, sad, and strange, from writers both famous and obscure. 32 b&w illustrations

• UPC: 6000607
• Rating: 3.833

Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak - eBook

Love wounds the heart and soul . . .From the editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes another collection of terse true tales—this time simple sagas exploring the

• UPC: 780165835
• Rating: 4.4

My Own Words

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring

• UPC: 53718107
• Rating: 3.8

Evenings with Cary Grant : Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best

EVENINGS WITH CARY GRANT: RECOLLECTIONS IN HIS OWN WORDS AND BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM

• UPC: 20633957
• Rating: 3.5

Without a Word : How a Boy's Unspoken Love Changed Everything

9780446563383

• UPC: 16345156
• Color: Black
• Rating: 4.0

Marilyn : In Words and Pictures

Marilyn Monroe continues to be an identifiable cultural figure over 50 years after her death. Marilyn is a photographic history of her career, from Norma Jeane to

• UPC: 55789043

Words in a French Life : Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France

Based on the popular blog (French-word-a-day.com) and newsletter comes a heart-winning collection from an American woman raising two "very" French children with her French husband in Provence, and carrying on a lifelong love affair with

• UPC: 5368531
• Rating: 3.0

Six Strings and a Note : Legendary Agya Koo Nimo in His Own Words

A portrait of the artistic life of Daniel Kwabena Boa Amponsah, known around the world by his stage name, Koo Nimo. Celebrated in his native Ghana for his infusion of traditional motif and palm-wine guitar

• UPC: 302849905

Best Advice in Six Words, The Six-word Memoir

• UPC: 254512966816
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 8 GBP

Best Advice in Six Words, The (Six-word Memoir) by Smith, Larry Book The Fast

• UPC: 392340890897
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 7 USD

Best Advice in Six Words, The (Six-word Memoir) by Smith, Larry Book The Fast

• UPC: 392193452037
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 7 USD