{"product_id":"9780340978504","title":"The Last Lecture Lessons in Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe phenomenal international bestseller - with over 8 million copies sold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat legacy would you choose to leave behind for your children?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen \u003cb\u003eRandy Pausch\u003c\/b\u003e, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give \u003cb\u003e'a last lecture'\u003c\/b\u003e lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with \u003cb\u003eterminal pancreatic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ecancer\u003c\/b\u003e. But the lecture he gave, '\u003cb\u003eReally Achieving Your Childhood Dreams\u003c\/b\u003e', wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of \u003cb\u003eovercoming obstacles\u003c\/b\u003e, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (\u003cb\u003ebecause time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think\u003c\/b\u003e). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about \u003cb\u003eliving.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A 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 \u003cb\u003elegacy\u003c\/b\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humour, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50976151896379,"sku":"26021500118","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/5376\/2107\/files\/10495933482309.jpg?v=1771187886","url":"https:\/\/mythicalbookworm.com\/products\/9780340978504","provider":"Mythical Bookworm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}