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| The Last Lecture | 
 enlarge | Authors: Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  816 reviews
Sales Rank: 24
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 One lifelong message June 1, 2008
This book is not about some miracle message you need to find in the author's words. It really is about taking a second look at your own choices you make in life and how those choices will change the outcome of your experience.
great great man May 31, 2008
this book will get you thinking and get you moving. Its very power.
Very moving May 31, 2008
This book is the perfect read for anyone who might be feeling sorry for themselves or bemoaning their lives. Nothing puts your own problems in perspective like reading about someone who has REAL problems.
Despite his terminal diagnosis, Randy Pausch has the most incredible attitude imaginable. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he set about making sure his family would be taken care of and that they would have good memories to hold on to after he was gone. In doing so, he has also managed to touch the emotions of millions of other people.
The book is a quick read; you can easily get through it in an evening. I highly recommend it, along with watchig his "Last Lecture" video on YouTube and the 20/20 television special that he did with Diane Sawyer. You will come away saddened by his plight, but also touched and inspired by his hope.
 good advice, good anecdotes May 31, 2008
Dr. Pausch's book is an easy read, done in a couple of hours. It's a collection of stories and anecdotes from funny through very serious. As usual for such a collection, many are solid hits and others not so much.
The ones I liked best tended to be those that aren't directly about the author, but are about others. As an example, one of my favorites was the chapter about winning "the parent lottery". Dr. Pausch recalls when he survived one of his major, stressful Ph.D milestones, to have his mother say, "We know just how you feel, honey. And remember, when your father was your age, he was fighting the Germans." That's awesome.
Dr. Pausch is generous with praise for people who made a difference in his life and the lives of others, besides his family. We hear about Coach Graham, quadriplegic Sandy Blatt, and mentor Andy Van Dam as three good examples. Pausch blends that with situations where he tried to do the same, "paying it forward".
His advice about allowing for dreaming and a reasonable free spirit, about working in groups as effective teams, and how to be a "recovering jerk" all makes sense. Here he sounds like many other self-help books, which is fine, as the personal touch helps with the message.
I was strangely less engaged with the sections about Pausch's wife and children. I don't know, maybe it was because they were so personal and I felt a bit like a stranger who didn't deserve that level of intimacy. Many readers no doubt really love that stuff, and I understand why it's there. Just not my thing.
Most inspiring man May 31, 2008
This is the most inspiring person that I have read about in a long time. He will be missed a lot.
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