Suggestions on how to approach displaying the three last records from a table?

I would like to display the last couple of records in a table that containes , among other things, dates, actions and task owner. I have figured out how to use the last() function, and can show the last record, but would like to show a couple before the last one.

Also, ideally I would like to show two fields from the same record (Date and action) ... was able to acheive this using last() and + in the statement, but again, would like to show at least the last three, one below the other.