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The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch

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ISBN13: 9781401323257
ISBN10: 1401323251
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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." — Randy Pausch

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave — "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" — wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

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Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy. Photos.

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LauraAdams, September 17, 2008 (view all comments by LauraAdams)
I loved this book. Randy Pausch was an amazing human that lived his short life in a way that is an inspiration to the rest of us. Wonderful book.
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Cedate, June 23, 2008 (view all comments by Cedate)
Inspiring! What a wonderful legacy to leave for your kids. We could all learn a great deal from Randy Pausch.
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kaahumanu, May 8, 2008 (view all comments by kaahumanu)
I loved this book! Of course, I could go online and watch 'The Last Lecture', but I'm a person who prefers to read the book. If you liked 'Tuesday's With Morrie', you will love 'The Last Lecture'. They are very different books, but they both leave you, "hugging yourself with happiness" to misquote Michael Dirda. They are both very inspiring books.

There is so much wisdom in this book to help you be a better person. I hope I can remember Randy's method for apology:
"What I did was wrong. I feel badly that I hurt you. How can I make this better?".
So simple, yet so difficult.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781401323257
Author:
Pausch, Randy
Publisher:
Hyperion Books
With:
Zaslow, Jeffrey
Author:
Zaslow, Jeff
Author:
Zaslow, Jeffrey
Subject:
General
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Terminally ill
Subject:
Personal Growth - General
Publication Date:
January 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
206
Dimensions:
7.31x5.53x.76 in. .63 lbs.
Age Level:
12-UP
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