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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture
What would you say if you could give one last talk before dying? What would you want to share with the world? In The Last Lecture (2008), Randy Pausch goes over his life and the key moments that left a mark on him. His last lecture, given at Carnegie Mellon University, was attended by around 400 people and has touched millions of others online. In the book version, which was co-written...
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Summary Bundle: Technology & Classic: Includes Summary of The Innovators & Summary of The Last Lecture
From the Description of "Summary of The Innovators"...
"Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive." - Walter Isaacson
On top of giving us a bunch of secrets on how to become successful, The Innovatorsalso delivers an important truth. If you think that only mastering individual skills will you manage to stand...
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Already a national bestseller in the U.K., Lola Jaye's By the Time You Read This is a profoundly beautiful story of a father's abiding love for the daughter he will never see grow up-and his determination to help guide her through the difficult crossroads and crises of her life even after his own passing. Poignant and unforgettable, evoking in part The Pursuit of Happyness and The Last Lecture, By the Time You Read This celebrates a remarkable bond...
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Diagnosed with a terminal illness, a leading marketing consultant discovers that what he has learned about persuading others might help him save his own life.
Ray Edwards was one of the top marketers and copywriters in the business with A-list clients like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Michael Hyatt when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. The diagnosis brought his life to a screeching halt and propelled Edwards to question everything he thought...
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St. Martin's Press
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2023.
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"After returning to the United States, Kennan set out to generate public outrage over the plight of the exiles, writing the renowned Siberia and the Exile System. He then went on a nine-year lecture tour to describe the suffering of the Siberian exiles, intensifying the newly emerging diplomatic conflicts between the two countries which last to this day. In a book that ranks with the greatest adventure stories, Gregory Wallance's Into Siberia is a...
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Oxford University Press
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[2023]
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"Ireland was England's oldest colony. Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland―in a time of Brexit, 'the culture wars', and the campaigns around 'Black Lives Matter' and 'Statues must fall'―to better understand how it has formed the present, and how it might shape the future. Empire and imperial frameworks, policies, practices, and cultures have shaped the history of the world for the last two millennia. It is nation states that...