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 enlarge | Authors: Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  762 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Format: Roughcut
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1401323251
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.092
EAN: 9781401323257
ASIN: 1401323251
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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 Fabulous Book!!!!!!!! October 5, 2008
This is a fabulous, inspirational book!!! A must read for anyone who needs a shot of reality!! If you think you have it bad, and need a pick me up, this is it!!!
Should be a required read for all high school/college students!!! and anyone in the human race!!!
Leaving with style October 4, 2008
An excellent example of how to leave when you know the end is here. This lecture encourages people to leave the positive legacy rather than leave any expression of bitterness that your life is shorter than it could have been without disease.
Randy knew that his time was short when he prepared this lecture on the essence of life. He presents it with great presence and emotion.
A must read for those of any age.
I have both read the book The Last Lecture and seen the video of his presentation.
this title is the best October 3, 2008
Enjoyed the book very much. It should touch all that read it, and give a sense of what is important to each of us.
Remember all we have is family in the end and should try to be as close as we can.
Highly recommend October 3, 2008
I just finished reading a book by Randy Pausch called "The Last Lecture." Dr. Pausch is a professor at Carnegie-Mellon University, and last year he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
A video of his last lecture is one of the most popular on YouTube. The book is based on this lecture and is filled with stories of his childhood, his dreams, and his family. Written in a very similar vein as another of my favorite books, "Tuesdays With Morrie," it is funny, inspirational, and deeply moving.
Randy Pausch offers advice to young and old for dealing with life's small and large problems and how to live one's life fully and realize dreams.
I highly recommend this book!
 Trite, unoriginal, self-aggrandizing! October 3, 2008
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I'm very sorry that Professor Pausch has died, and my condolences go out to his family.....but.....I agree with just about every other bad review here. Have all those "5 star" people lost their minds?
This book is so very bad. It should not have been published. They should have let the lecture stand on its own. This book offers no new insight, nothing interesting that hasn't been said much better by many other people. It is drivel. With all the hype around it, I was really expecting something touching and insightful - some real food for thought. Instead I get a resume of this man, and all the "great" things he has accomplished.
I bought this book at the airport, and there was an insert that said I could return the book and get 50% of my money back. As soon as I stepped off the plane, I RETURNED IT! I couldn't stand to have this junk in my hands, and I knew there was no way I would ever consider giving it to someone else!
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