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Authors: Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book

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Format: Roughcut
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 224
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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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This is a must read for EVERYONE!!!! July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Randy Pausch is an incredible human being. Most people faced with his diagnosis would sink into a big pit of self pity. He was amazing before he became infamous with his Last Lecture and even more so now. This book (and his actual lecture) will put your life in perspective. This book provides a little insight to one of the world's true role models. We should all strive to be like him. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. He'll have you laughing through your tears and leave you going WOW!

5 out of 5 stars

The Last Lecture July 24, 2008
Randy Pausch is so inspiring. I think everyone should read this book. If the world followed his philosophy what a great, positive and happier place the world would be. If I am ever faced with a terminal illness I hope I can be 1/10 as positive as he is.

5 out of 5 stars

Must read - all ages, especially H.S./College Seniors, and Retirees July 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I am an eight year cancer survivor and was deeply moved by Randy Pausch's You Tube lecture, as well as this book. Randy gets personal and shares what I feel are invaluable life lessons that we all should live by, whether we are terminally ill or not. It is all about attitude and choices. All ages need to read. It puts your life in perspective. I believe that kids can really see what their future could be as workers, professionals, parents, etc. and what they can pass on to their kids.... I buy this book for friends that are graduating, retiring, etc. I plan on recommending to our school system to be required reading... My prayers are with Randy and his precious family, as I know what a cancer diagnosis can bring. My husband lost his first wife from cancer and his kids were 9 and 13 at the time. Life is a gift. Live in the present and use your gifts to the fullest.

4 out of 5 stars

Uplifting, Encouraging, Succinct July 21, 2008
Although I had expected a print version of the Pausch live last lecture, this little book of uplifting life lessons was a surprise and equally inspiring. I have suggested it for my book club during a season when we are otherwise busy and need a quick read.

5 out of 5 stars

This Is A Book That Should Be Bought Not Borrowed July 21, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Don't use a highlighter in a library book. This is a book that should be bought not borrowed. There are so many life lessons and words of wisdom that you find yourself wanting to highlight sections to come back to, to ponder the simplicity of words and the deeper meaning that they portray.

Randy Pausch has terminal pancreatic cancer. He has 3 to 6 good months left. He has 3 very young children, two of which will grow up with no true memories of him. A wife that is strong and yet terrified, a family that wants to spend every last moment with him, but yet Randy must put on his final lecture. The one that each professor has, the last one that will portray who and what they have learned and become.

Randy chooses "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" as his theme, not what you would assume a computer geek to pick.

There are so many laugh out loud moments that you begin to question if it's appropriate to laugh at a dying man, but I think that is the point, life is funny, those moments that make us what we are, are humorous. Without being preachy or religious Pausch leads us through his life, and how with a little imagination you can achieve your childhood dreams and leave a great legacy to you children at the same time.

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