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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:  743 reviews
Sales Rank: 15
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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 Excellent Work September 24, 2008
I sat down to read this book one evening after work and didn't put it down until I was through the entire book. Randy's story isn't simply about facing your mortality. Its an inspiring story for all of us as we navigate this funny existence known as life. Simple thoughts, such as his recanting of his childhood and his self expression through drawings on his bedroom walls remind me of my childhood and that of my children. We get too caught up in what is appropriate and forget that we need to have fun once in a while. We need to express ourselves and we need to give our children the same opportunity. My heart grew heavy as I neared the end of Randy's tales and realized the emptiness in my own life that results from having missed the opportunity to meet Randy and truly discover how remarkable, yet simple, this man really was. I truly hope that his children will one day know how magnificent their father was. Furthermore, I hope that I can learn from his experiences and make a difference in my own life and that of those that I care most about.
Please, buy this book! September 24, 2008
I already bought seven books-for me, and for gifts-
and I am sure I will buy more.
Why? Just read. You will know why!!
the last lecture September 23, 2008
Our book club recently read and discussed The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. If you plan to read the book, you should first watch the lecture on youtube. The lecture and book are about living your childhood dreams. Many tips are given for how to live your life more passionately. It is for all age levels, but I feel that every college student should see this video and read this book.
The Last Lecture September 23, 2008
This has had a profound impact as to my outlook on life. I have always been a fairly positive person but I am now able to accomplish the combination of being positive AND happy in my every day living and my interaction with everyone I come into contact!
Very Inspirational!!! September 23, 2008
I noticed him on 60minutes, then watched his last lecture in it's entirety on youtube, and I enjoyed them two so much, I decided to purchase his actual audiobook. Glad I did... but try it for yourself, and if you have kids of your own, it's just about impossible not to get choked up yourself while listening (or reading).
My only complaint is that I wish he had been around longer, and also wish he had been around long enough to narrate the audiobook himself. Not sure if it was his condition at the time, or simply his dicision to have someone else narrate it. If you watch his actual lecture on youtube... he's very animated when speaking and has great delivery w/ his jokes. I just think that would've come through better in the audiobook, had he narrated himself.
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