The Last Lecture
Publisher: Hyperion; Hyperion Books
Published: April 9, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781401323257
Subjects: General; Self-Help / General; Motivational & Inspirational; Self-Help
First sentence: I have an engineering problem.
Description: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Table of contents: title: THE LAST LECTURE
pagenum: 1; title: An Injured Lion Still Wants to Roar; title: My Life in a Laptop; title: The Elephant in the Room; title: REALLY ACHIEVING YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS
pagenum: 19; title: The Parent Lottery; title: The Elevator in the Ranch House; title: Getting to Zero G; title: I Never Made It to the NFL; title: You'll Find Me Under "V"; title: A Skill Set Called Leadership; title: Winning Big; title: The Happiest Place on Earth; title: ADVENTURES ... AND LESSONS LEARNED
pagenum: 55; title: The Park is Open Until 8 p.m.; title: The Man in the Convertible; title: The Dutch Uncle; title: Pouring Soda in the Backseat; title: Romancing the Brick Wall; title: Not All Fairy Tales End Smoothly; title: Lucy I'm Home; title: A New Year's Story; title: "In Fifty Years, It Never Came Up"; title: Jai; title: The Truth Can Set You Free; title: ENABLING THE DREAMS OF OTHERS
pagenum: 105; title: I'm On My Honeymoon, But If You Need Me ...; title: A Recovering Jerk; title: Training a Jedi; title: They Just Blew Me Away; title: The Promised Land; title: IT'S ABOUT HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE
pagenum: 129; title: Dream Big; title: Earnest Is Better Than Hip; title: Raising the White Flag; title: Let's Make a Deal; title: Don't Complain, Just Work Harder; title: Trust the Disease, Not the Symptom; title: Don't Obsess Over What Other People Think; title: Start By Sitting Together; title: Look for the Best in Everybody; title: Watch What They Do, Not What They Say; title: If at First You Don't Succeed ...; title: Be the First Penguin; title: Get People's Attention; title: The Lost Art Of Thank-You Notes; title: Loyalty Is a Two-Way Street; title: The Friday Night Solution; title: Show Gratitude; title: Send Out Thin Mints; title: All You Have Is What You Bring With You; title: A Bad Apology Is Worse Than No Apology; title: Tell the Truth; title: Get in Touch With Crayon Box; title: The $100,000 Salt and Pepper Shaker; title: No Job Is Beneath You; title: Know Where You Are; title: Never Give Up; title: Be A Communitarian; title: All You Have to Do Is Ask; title: Make a Decision : Tigger or Eeyore; title: A Way to Understand Optimism; title: The Input of Others; title: FINAL REMARKS
pagenum: 189; title: Dreams for My Children; title: Jai and Me