{"product_id":"the-last-lecture-9781401323257","title":"The Last Lecture","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.\"---Randy Pausch\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lot of professors give talks titled \"The Last Lecture.\" Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--\"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams\"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because \"time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think\"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about \u003cem\u003eliving\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401323257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Books for a Better Life - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2008 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2008 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/26\/2008 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2008 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2008 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/29\/2008 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2009 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2009 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2009 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2009 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e129774 \/ Last Lecture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Randy Pausch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649549201564,"sku":"9781401323257","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_73402a2f-70c7-434d-8f8a-3b266f101ca5.jpg?v=1603873135","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-lecture-9781401323257","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}