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The Last Lecture by: Randy Pausch List Price: CDN$ 23.50 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 11.75 You Save: CDN$11.75 (50%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 004.092 EAN: 9781401323257 ISBN: 1401323251 Label: Harper Collins Canada Manufacturer: Harper Collins Canada Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: April 08, 2008 Publisher: Harper Collins Canada Studio: Harper Collins Canada Sales Rank: 28 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Words of wisdom but nothing newWhile my heart goes out to the family of Randy Pausch for their support of Randy's project and their eventual loss, The Last Lecture, really did not tell us anything new. I, too, am living with cancer and as a fellow cancer victim, it is easy to understand why Randy would want to leave a glimpse of himself to pass on to his children and instill the values he so strongly believed in. However, if one lives a compassionate, respectful, humble, loving life, and makes the best of each day as it comes, the lessons in this very short book are nothing unique that will set the world on fire. The lecture presents an important message about living an honest life, taking time to smell the roses, and the importance of following your dreams, but haven't ... Read More: Rating:  - "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand"If you had the oportunity to give a last lecture, what would you teach to those listening to you? Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, had to make that decision, and he decided to talk about how to really achieve your childhood dreams. Randy was dying of cancer when he gave that class, in September. I saw his lecture on wwwyoutubecom, and it really made a big impression on me. It was interesting, motivating, sometimes funny, and the kind of thing that makes you think. Here was a man with a few months to live, that found some time to gift others with the things he had learnt along the way. It was simply unbelievable... Of course, when I heard that the lecture had been transformed by Randy and ... Read More: Rating: - The Meaning of LifeLike all great people, Randy Pausch was a better person than any written text will ever represent. In my many College and University experiences I have had the privilege to listen to a few last lectures from my favorite professors in the past. All have been moving, all have inspired. But this "Last Lecture" is something different altogether. Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006 and was given only several months to live, which makes his message all the more inspiring. Pausch gave his last lecture in Sept of 2007 and died July 2008. As for Pausch's words, they will uplift you, they will inspire you to get your priorities straight and accomplish those life goals that you've always planned to do but always found excuses to ... Read More: Rating:  - Faith is the cornerstone for life and deathThe Last Lecture is a cheerful book of reflections by Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Pausch, now 47, gave "the last lecture" at Carnegie Mellon last September reflecting on those experiences and values that have been most valuable in his life. The lecture has been expanded into a book that now sits at the top of the bestseller list. Pausch was given three to six months to live last August. He is still alive and mobile, but his condition is worsening. His story is unfortunate, even tragic. Married at age 38, he and his wife Jai have three young children who he will never see grow to maturity. Randy gave the lecture (which was videotaped) ... Read More: Rating: - 61 Great Mini-LecturesThis quick read consists of 61 great mini-lectures, generously sprinkled with autobiographical anecdotes about growing up with many touching and inspirational family memories ["One rule in our house is that you may not ask one-word questions."]. Randy Pausch uses these stories to illustrate life's lessons about parenting, self-esteem, dignity, duty, integrity --and of the importance of dreaming and helping others achieve their dreams. |
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