Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson / Mitch Albom.
Material type: TextPublication details: Sydney : Hachette Australia, 2007Edition: 10th anniversary edDescription: 199 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780733622694Subject(s): Schwartz, Morris S | Brandeis University -- Faculty -- Biography | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography | Teacher-student relationships -- United States -- Case studies | Death -- Psychological aspects -- Case studiesDDC classification: 378.12092 Summary: Now in a stunning hardback gift edition clelebrating 10 years in print. Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, the insights faded and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing his old mentor was dying, Mitch visited Morrie in his study. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1997.
"With new reflections from Mitch Albom" -- Cover.
Now in a stunning hardback gift edition clelebrating 10 years in print. Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, the insights faded and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing his old mentor was dying, Mitch visited Morrie in his study. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.
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