THE LAST LECTURE
by Pausch, Randy, with Zaslow, Jeffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 073362331X
- ISBN 13
- 9780733623318
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Australia: Hachette Australia, 2008. x, + 206pp., several b/white, halftone, photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Binding firm. Gilt titles to front panel and spine. Minimal rubbing to foot. Previous owner's name and date to ffep., otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket nominally scuffed only. When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give a lecture in which he considered his demise and ruminated on what matters most to him, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, as he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer . . . In this book, Randy Pausch combines the humour, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon . . . Contents include: Intro., The Last Lecture, Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, Adventures . . . And Lessons Learned, Enabling The Dreams of Others, It's About How You Live Your Life, Final Remarks. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Thus.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007358
- Title
- THE LAST LECTURE
- Author
- Pausch, Randy, with Zaslow, Jeffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Thus.
- ISBN 10
- 073362331X
- ISBN 13
- 9780733623318
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- COMPUTERS SCIENTISTS, BIOGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHY, LECTURES, RANDY PAUSCH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
Diversity Books - Terms of Sale: All PRICES quoted are in Australian DOLLARS. Books may be returned within seven days of receipt if found to be incorrectly described. Australian buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and direct deposit to Commonwealth Bank account. International buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express. International buyers have the choice of FAST AIRMAIL [approx.3-10 business days, depending on destination]or STANDARD AIRMAIL [approx. 10-25 business days, depending on destination] Please EMAIL regarding ARTICLE FOR SALE, AVAILABILITY, PAYMENT and POSTAGE/HANDLING OPTIONS.
About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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