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The Last Lecture (Hardcover) Loot Price: R479
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The Last Lecture (Hardcover)

Randy Pausch; As told to Jeffrey Zaslow

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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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Imprint: Hyperion
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2008
First published: April 2008
Authors: Randy Pausch
As told to: Jeffrey Zaslow
Dimensions: 184 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 978-1-4013-2325-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering
Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > General
Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
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LSN: 1-4013-2325-1
Barcode: 9781401323257

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A magnificent tale.

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 | Review by: Chris G.

Absolutely riveting. Written by Randy Pausch - who was dying and has since died of pancreatic cancer - as a legacy for his family. Not at all preachy or self-pitying, it's a wonderful tale of positivity. Inspirational.

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