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The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
from Hyperion

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Makes you rethink your life
  All I can say is wow. When everyone is thinking what about me this book really makes you think about everyone else. A must read for everyone.

• Charming, quick read
  I was honestly worried that this would be exactly the sort of book that I can't stand. "Guy nears death, which buys him some gravity that he wouldn't otherwise have earned." I.e., Tuesdays with Morrie Volume 2: Morrie's Back ... And Getting Even.
  Fortunately, Pausch doesn't try to justify The Last Lecture on the basis of his being a Wise Dying Man. If you've not already watched Pausch's last-lecture video on the web (I have not): he's a computer-science professor at CMU, dying of pancreatic cancer. The... more info

• been through this one before
  I was really looking forward to reading this book after hearing someone rave about this book to me. As a collegiate myself, i must have had high expectations. As I painstakingly read through the only three chapters I read it occurred to me how sad to see that it takes dying for most of us to "get it", to do the necessary steps to appreciate others and to be one with who we really are not the physical mundane object we think, what an honor to become chosen to speak words of encouragement for the sake of... more info

• AWESOME!
  I first saw Randy Pausch on TV with Diane Sawyer and was so moved by that viewing that I just had to buy his book. Finding it as an audio book on CD was a great find and I listened to it everytime I got in the car. Fantastic outlook on life....we can all learn from this amazing man! I'm sure I'll re-listen to it again and again....just so it all sinks in!!

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