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The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
from Hyperion
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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very emotional book 
had watched Randy's story on tv and the net - wanted the book and got it at a great price plus no s/h - have yet to read it - but know that it will be a very emotional experience
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The Last Lecture
I thought it a very uplifting book.I've sent it to my grandson, among others. Beverly
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Two Professors, One Lesson 
I watched the lecture and read the book and was deeply moved.
This is the professor, at the sunny side of his age and the climax of his career, diagnosed of pancreatic cancer and left with only several months of life.
He did not wince or curse, but received the "death sentence" broken-heartedly but good-humoredly. He was heart-broken because he knew he had to leave his beloved wife and kids behind. He was good-humored becaues he was an inborn optimist and always looked on the "silver lines" of any... more info
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the lecture is better 
When a story starts out on the silver screen and someone later is tasked with turning it into a book, it's rare for the book to hold its own against the film. Unexpectedly, this book is similar: Dr Pausch's last lecture (videos of which you can find on the Internet without trying very hard at all) is sublime, whereas the book that followed it somehow doesn't have quite the same punch.
The story itself is heartbreaking. Pausch was diagnosed with terminal cancer, with maybe six months left to live. He... more info
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