The result is part memoir, part social history and only partly successful.

The book is part memoir, part social history.

Begun in the late 1970s, these were part political cartoon, part history painting, part memoir.

Part memoir, part cultural analysis, the book takes its emotional thrust from the deaths of Didion's parents.

Part memoir, part history, it is a portrait of the city as experienced through her own memories over the course of a year.

Part memoir - until age 27 - part stand-up, the book gives Black's family ample time in the spotlight.

The book is part memoir and part astutely observed travelogue.

Part memoir and part "how-to," the book features anecdotes about the people he has worked for during his 20 years "in service."

Written in narrative form, the book was part history lesson, part memoir, and part guide to the legislative process.

Part memoir and part a collection of Jay-Z lyrics with the stories behind them.