{"product_id":"the-last-lecture-hardcover-1","title":"The last lecture [hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*A special edition hardback to celebrate 15 years of the phenomenal international bestseller The Last Lecture*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIf you only had a short time to live, what would you do?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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: 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elegacy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRandy Pausch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea last lecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eterminal pancreatic cancer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But the lecture he gave, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e', wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eovercoming obstacles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment because '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etime is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'. It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRandy's lecture about the joy of life – his legacy to his three young children – has become a worldwide phenomenon, as has his book written on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all try to make a reality. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Best of Used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45173697609985,"sku":"2ZS3QXC01-Used","price":299.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/twfu.jpg?v=1716463206","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/the-last-lecture-hardcover-1","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}