The Last Lecture (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)

"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.

General

Imprint:	Hachette Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Randy Pausch
As told to:	Jeffrey Zaslow
Dimensions:	185 x 144 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	334
Edition:	Large type / large print edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-33561-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering Promotions
LSN:	0-316-33561-4
Barcode:	9780316335614

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A total inspiration - a must-read, 6 stars!

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 | Review by: Chris G.

Randy Pausch was diagnosed with incurable cancer and given six months to live. Tradition at the university where he taught required the deoartee to deliver a "Last Lecture" This a transcript of his. It is incredibly inspiring without ever becoming spiritual, self-pitying or preachy, and is a lesson living life when you know the supply is running out. Cannot be highly-enough recommended.

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