Blake-ImmigratingTears-ajk$0# 1,3331,206,bio,eng,20150426,20150430,4,F.C. Blake: Immigrating Tears ama,https://www.amazon.com/Immigrating-Tears-Survival-Running-Destiny-ebook/dp/B00VB0P7NS/ref=cm_rdp_product_img eng,https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R3PQDFIDGRE2JQ?ref_=glimp_1rv_cl 86,3,Dying, Young 87,h,Part of me died around the time my uncle was buried. 112,w,nondescript:non·de·script adj. lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics: she lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block. ¦ n. a nondescript person or thing. non·de·script·ly adv. non·de·script·ness n. late 17th cent. (in the sense 'not previously described or identified scientifically'): from NON- + obsolete descript 'described, engraved' (from Latin descriptus). 144,w,gregarious:Gregarious | Definition of gregarious by Merriam-Webster adjective gre·gar·i·ous \gri-'ger-e-?s\. : enjoying the company of other people. biology : tending to live in groups. Why Do We Use Incorrigible and Not Corrigible . 180,3,Fate and Crisis 195,h,"Live, you will; suffer, you must”- 205,h,I remember hearing that the best things in life are free. 217,h,On this day, I am resolving to qualify for the Boston Marathon. 298,3,A Hobby Is Born 364,h,I didn't understand why someone would choose to engage in such a solitary activity. That I considered it to be boring Is a mil... 417,,b,0150426 425,3,Easier Said Than Done 453,h,One only learns the tricks for paths of least resistance through study and practice, such as developing faculty with the lang... 461,h,A Chinese proverb tells us a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 474,h,There were spectators that cheered for me by name. I knew they did not know Q me; they were just reading out what w... 484,3,A Time to Be Had or Made? 484,w,shards:Shards Online | A moddable online sandbox RPG: shardsonline.com/ Shards Online. Support Shards Online and get early access. Shards Online Kickstarter ... Stay up to date on everything Shards Online, including opportunities to 550,w,purview:Purview | Definition of purview by Merriam-Webster: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purview: an area within which someone or something has authority, influence, or knowledge. 562,2,CHAPTER TWO To Leave or Not to Leave 566,3,Leaving, Running Away 605,w,Infested:infested - definition of infested by The Free Dictionary: www.thefreedictionary.com/infested: tr.v. in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests. 1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the ... 619,3,Doing Well, Unknowingly 627,h,For instance, if I had test results of 100%, 90%, and 80%, I would show them in that order. I learned early on to please first; 640,h,We would compare notes and scars, especially those on the back and the legs. At school, in a deprived setting with limi... 657,h,placing your fingers on the table and getting whacked by a ruler's sharper edge; carrying relatively heavy stones on both... 671,3,Willful Ignorance 713,h,My wife and I had researched various programs on how to prepare for a marathon. The best recommended one... 722,h,wouldn't know for I never learned how to swim. When I tried, I think the bone to meat density was too high to allow me ... 752,2,CHAPTER THREE Off to Italy and Beyond 756,3,Changing of Times 759,h,community of mostly Slovenes, who ended up Italian in the aftermath of the Second World War. 807,h,Ninth grade, section 26, had close to ninety-five students. 809,h,kicking and beating I received from a delinquent classmate who was making me pay for refusing to allow him to copy m... 821,3,Leaving Home 831,h,It was going to be nominated to a national competition for placement among an international school system. 847,h,It was, for sure, the largest concentration of white people I had ever seen - race differences had at that time a way of cr... 856,h,my father had lived in a different town about 300km away from where we lived. He visited us once or twice a year 864,h,was going to be either Italy or Norway, we were told. It was a hallelujah of a moment for the family. That night we had the b... 872,h,broke my wrist falling off a muddy patch on our compound. It was the most excruciating pain. The neighborhood tra... 873,w,gutsy - definition of gutsy by The Free Dictionary: www.thefreedictionary.com/gutsy 885,h,I was leaving behind and the one that awaited on a different continent. 886,h,A week before, my father had taken me to a restaurant in town to teach me about table manners and dining etiquette as he understood it - how to delicately handle the tea bag after dipping it in hot water; how to use forks, knives, and spoon. 894,h,Fiumucino-(Fiumicino)...my connection flight had long left. I was terribly confused and didn't know what to do. 896,h,was at the gate where the plane was supposed to take off from, but there was no one to be found 900,h,They were nice people - there were good people in Italy after all. 912,3,Learning to Survive 918,h,The first weekend I got there, there was a school party at the dayroom in my dormitory. It was fueled by sangria, mad... 923,h,To make matters worse, a senior roommate of mine brought his girlfriend and they had their way at it with a kind of zeal that... 936,h,The first semester was miserable. The only highlight was probably receiving letters from home and the two phone convers... 949,h,My favorite delicacies were the never- ending pasta varieties served at the dining hall and the banana yogurts kept in the ... 967,h,that I followed a few classmates for a plunge into the Adriatic Sea, finding myself nearly drowning. That time I nearly died, 979,3,"Jews, Blacks, and Faggots" 993,h,impending trip the entire school was invited to take to the Vatican at the invitation of the pope, John Paul, II. 1014,h,whole class of humanity as inferior and not deserving of an audience with the Pope and other dignitaries. 1029,h,was afraid they would consider it an affirmation of what they had suspected at first about Italy and may decide not to ... 1031,h,When I arrived home for the summer break, with a suitcase full of books, my worst fear was realized. My father was ... 1036,h,My father was imprisoned. What?! This came out of nowhere. Why? When? How? 1044,h,For the duration of the summer break, we would get a once a week opportunity to have those half-hour half-conversations. 1064,3,I Don’t Find Them Funny Anymore 1088,h,St. Paul, Minnesota. At the airport, I was greeted by a welcoming group of students and other freshmen with their families. 1097,h,Absent any other excuse I could come up with, I would tell my roommate and any other person that cared to invite me fo... 1104,2,CHAPTER FOUR Growing up. Early 1108,3,Time, Shapes, and Dreams 1110,h,slender and elegant, like my tenth grade English teacher, where you are met with 1112,w,Serendipity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity: Serendipity means a "fortunate happenstance" or "pleasant surprise". It was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. In a letter he wrote to a friend Walpole explained ... : ?Serendipity (disambiguation) - ?The Three Princes of Serendip - ?Untranslatability 1132,h,Slowly, a different kind of a play would unfold. What kind of playing is this with no clothes on? I was asked to put down m... 1144,h,liked a long haired and half Arab girl in my class. 1160,h,love letters my father had written to my mother as we lived apart for many years. I was the trusted sorter and organizer of... 1180,h,one day I mustered the courage to tell her that I had a very important thing to talk to her about. We set a date to meet at th... 1187,h,finally blurted it out -1 liked her a lot! There, after it left my mouth I felt a sense of relief. This was my first open confessi... 1189,h,"I like you, too" I knew she was lying. Her eyes said everything. 1191,h,Certainly, she was not like a sister to me, 1191,3,Happiness and Contentment 1252,h,stereotype, and ills like the ones that put "Jews, blacks, and faggots" in the same boat. 1269,2,CHAPTER FIVE Tiger Dad 1273,3,Metamorphosis, Completed? 1287,h,now been over a decade and half since I last visited my ancestral home. I sound like an old-timer immigrant when I say that.... 1287,h,Then, right about the time when there was enough saved up from those work-study jobs, buying a plane ticket meant forgoing other benefits. Economists call it opportunity cost. 1314,h,the sight of the Sistene Chapel, a trip through Tuscany, floating on the canals of Venice, the liveliness of piazzas of small... 1334,h,Erwin Schrodinger, the famous Physicist, said it best - "the point, therefore is not to see what no one has yet seen, but rat... 1334,3,Tiger Dad, Mom 1368,w,feisty: englannista suomeksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-suomi): www.sanakirja.org/search.php?id=239971&l2=17: Komparatiivi, feistier. Superlatiivi, feistiest. Komparatiivi, more feisty. Superlatiivi, most feisty. Luokat. Adjektiivit · Germaanisista kantakielistä johdetut sanat . 1380,h,That was the kind of place we lived in. In the dry 1380,h,seasons, it was too dry to do anything. And the rainy season was too wet to make any practical and good use of it. 1386,h,The initial reason was that they would serve as a way to accumulate the rain. So, we got on the program 1387,h,of emptying one hole, a big one at that, and filling a number of small ones. It was the kind of creative solution only my fat... 1394,3,Beliefs and Losing Control 1429,h,We had traveled across the land from the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest, which made for all the more astonishing to th... They had observed that I wasn't following Q the family religious practices. 1445,h,People who believe in a loving God fare better after a diagnosis of illness than people who believe in a punitive God. 1449,h,The inherent incapability of the human mind to provide all the answers renders one helpless and receptive to ease of fa... 1475,h,The irony is that the seeker of the meaning for life and answers to 1476,h,existence are left to investing in faith one way or another: The believer in the existence of a supreme being invests fai... 1478,h,both approaches seeking comfort in intangible beliefs derived from either historic teachings or scientific pursuits. 1481,h,One could also believe in scientific pursuits as being a means for learning and getting closer to the creator 1482,h,while taking incremental steps closer with each understanding. 1494,2,CHAPTER SIX Hitting the Wall 1498,3,Holding for Dear Life 1505,h,training session organized by the Portland Fit. It was a group that met every Saturday in groups stratified by speed. 1516,h,It was probably my first experience of a runner's high, only this time I was feeling it right in the middle of the race - like a vir... 1520,h,won/ firct- Hmfl myi myn i LULdUUII 131/ As I reached for my knees to take a deep breathe, I was shocked to find out my t- shirt was socked with blood. "Holy cow! ... 1523,h,Almost instantaneously, I started to feel pain on my nipples. "Eh! Those antennas! "I was embarrassed beyond measure. 1525,h,He consoled me indicating this was a rite of passage for long distance runners. 1526,h,person at the counter had pity on me, seeing as distraught as I was, and gave me a volunteer t-shirt for free. 1527,h,still have it in my closet. Every time I see it, I smile remembering the day I lost my running virginity. 1547,h,I did more 5K & 10K runs than I had ever done before, all of which ended with a sense of exhilaration- one run down, cl... 1556,h,Take the example of the Great Recession. In September of 2008, the global financial system hit the wall with a kind of epic f... 1569,h,A wide swath of businesses focused on renewable energy sources struggled and some of them hit the wall. It turned ou... 1571,h,now in the middle of a dramatic drop in the price of oil. 1574,h,Multiple countries are also finding themselves on the verge of economic calamity due to heavy dependence on r... 1576,h,So, what do marathon running, financial crisis, and fluctuating oil prices have to do with each other? 1587,h,maintaining my baseline fitness (and, feeling good about myself along the wa... 1606,h,bulbus glandis of the male’s penis swells inside the female's vagina. The dogs are locked together for extended period of... 1608,3,"Dignified Road to Starvation" 1617,h,Malcom Gladwell - Outliers: The Story of Success and Geoff Colvin - Talent 1618,h,Is Overrated: What Really Separates World- Class Performers from Everybody 1621,h,One factor is how conducive an environment is in cultivating the gifts and tendencies of individuals. 1624,h,The second factor is the role disciplined and focused effort and work ethic play in breeding success. 1653,h,The 10,000hr rule stipulates that any sort of 1653,h,meaningful expertise can only be achieved over extended period of time of deliberate practice culminating in maximally differe... 1661,w,perked:perked - definition of perked by The Free Dictionary: www.thefreedictionary.com/perked: To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. v.tr. To cause to stick up quickly: The dog perked its ears at the noise 1700,h,Obama's speech on November 4, 2008. He said: ”... and to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliamen... 1705,3,The World, a Teenager's Perspective 1587,h,So it was that I, too, took to the task of maintaining my baseline fitness (and, feeling good about myself along the wa... 1606,h,bulbus glandis of the male’s penis swells inside the female's vagina. The dogs are locked together for extended period of... 1617,h,Malcom Gladwell - Outliers: The Story of Success and Geoff Colvin - Talent 1618,h,Is Overrated: What Really Separates World- Class Performers from Everybody 1621,h,One factor is how conducive an environment is in cultivating the gifts and tendencies of individuals. 1624,h,The second factor is the role disciplined and focused effort and work ethic play in breeding success. 1653,h,The 10,000hr rule stipulates that any sort of 1653,h,meaningful expertise can only be achieved over extended period of time of deliberate practice culminating in maximally differe... 1700,h,Obama's speech on November 4, 2008. He said: ”... and to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliamen... 1705,h,The World, a Teenager's Perspective 1711,h,So it was that I, too, took to the task of from around the world. Every trip to th... 1715,h,I Dear Sir/ Madam: I hereby have the honor to provide the requested answers and explanations to the issues raised on the Application Instruction for *** International Scholarship.To 1753,h,II. Life is a flow of events each of which brings new challenges and tests out strength. 1785,h,For some time, it required sacrificing my sleep to complete my assignments. Time by time, I was becoming highly disorient... 1802,h,III. Education inevitably plays a decisive role in the well-being of mankind. 1833,,b,0150428 1837,2,CHAPTER SEVEN Awakening 1841,3,Songs, Dancing, and Love 1842,h,As my comfort level improved over time, I was starting to enjoy the full spectrum of experience of being in a small enclave s... 1860,w,bigot:Bigotry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigotry: Bigotry is a state of mind where a person obstinately, irrationally, unfairly or intolerantly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. Some examples include personal ...:?Bigot (disambiguation) - ?Purist - ?Yobaz: 1982,2,CHAPTER EIGHT Betrayal of the Senses 1986,3,It's All About Control 2000,w,A Brag Sheet to Brag About - College Confidential: www.collegeconfidential.com › Read & Learn: How do you tell a college all about the many “activities” you've done and currently do, when you're filling out your applications? This falls under the umbrella of ... 2003,h,As this new chapter of my life begins, I am taking stoke of the past in the hope of charting a course for the future. 2036,h,my litmus test, which I learned from a friend, is having a meal outside the airport for it is the kind of process that brings o... 2066,h,Yes, what I need is to focus. I need to find where I fit. 2085,3,The Soft Power of Low Expectations 2123,3,Senses and Survival 2167,h,I had forgotten the foul smell by this time. It was part of me after having 2168,h,breathed it in too many times. Shocked with the realization of how quickly the senses betrayed me, I made a mental n... 2176,h,I had picked out my field of study - engineering - with a calculated weighing of the pros and cons coupled with dispassi... 2187,h,overwhelming power of the stench from the pig farms hit us - almost 2188,h,all of a sudden. I closed the windows of the van; it didn't help. There is no going back now, is there? The divergence of... 2191,h,I was leaving my wife-to-be back at the college, where I met her. I regretted not having made the choice to stay. I had t... 2216,2,CHAPTER NINE Dancing and Running 2221,3,Day Dreaming 2224,h,Sound and beats resonate to the ups and lows, it seems to me, of experiences past and present. Feelings, too, respond co... 2249,h,Lucky for me, finding the key, I have. This time thanks to ballroom dancing. Don't laugh! It is a physical activity, as it turns ... 2272,h,Merengue (tanssi) - Wikipedia WikipecfiP11 annMerennue nn Dominikaanisesta 2280,3,Getting Serious, About Running 2289,h,Gingerly, as I increased the number of miles I covered, my body started responding with the same kind of tingling sensation... 2295,h,Thanks to this lesson, it was more like a reminder to be honest, I started taking running more seriously and investing tim... 2303,h,Leaving home feels the same way. The first step away is the hardest one to take. 2331,h,As the race began, I set on the course along with the 4: 45 pace leader. 2344,h,The pace leader, a young woman, maybe in her 30s, was a pleasant company. Talkative and smiling and sexy. I noticed... 2351,h,"Decision time, buddy! It is either you go ahead and catch up with her or walk the rest of the way." I hesitated a bit, but i... 2358,h,She flashed a smile towards me - "good job!" Aha! She noticed my absence. 2359,h,The first marathon had taken me over 5: 15 thanks to the disaster that struck at mile 19. 2362,h,She said we are going to have to run by ourselves the rest of the way. 2366,h,ran as fast as I had ever run before. I wasn't going to disappoint her now, am P 4: 27! "Holy shit!" I just ran a marathon ... 2371,h,me he was 63 years old and this was his 75th marathon! Suddenly, my sub 4: 30... 2373,,b,0150429 2376,2,CHAPTER TEN Love and Sacrifice 2381,3,Finding Love 2417,h,Dancing afforded the kind of intimacy that my physical body craved. 2417,,b,0150430 2446,3,Self-Sacrifice 2501,2,CHAPTER ELEVEN My Identity 2505,3,America, I Choose Thee 2545,h,This is America; I was glad I had made the choice and was ready to profess my oath. Gladly I uttered every word, reading wa... 2551,h,without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God." It was real. It is final. I am American. The future hadn'... 2559,3,The Immigrant 2599,h,There have been two trends, it seems to me, that are fighting against this unifying principle in recent times. One is the gen... 2600,h,much to the new. Instead of a melting pot, we are getting a patchwork of disjointed enclaves of separate identitie... 2616,3,Self-Determination 2614,h,The second trend is the sense of entitlement you see in some of the older generation. Couched in the disapproval... 2646,h,Totalitarian regimes suffocate individualism,innovation, and entrepreneurship. In my old home, it was not uncommon to hea... 2671,2,CHAPTER TWELVE America 2675,3,Barack Obama 2729,w,consummate [kan'se mit, kan sum'it; for v. kan'ss mät']Use consummate in a sentenceadjectiveConsummate is define... 2738,h,As they say, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. 2764,w,Rile | Definition of rile by Merriam-Webster www.merriam- webster.corrVdictionary/rile - Käännä tä... 2764,w,riled:Riled Synonyms, Riled Antonyms | Thesaurus.com: www.thesaurus.com/browse/riled. Synonyms for riled at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Dictionary and Word of the Day. 2767,h,depth of insight not to blabber the obvious 2774,3,Yearning for Levitation 2788,w,Bigotry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wikipedia -app - Käännä tämä sivuBigotry is a state of mind where a person obstina... 2788,w,bigotry: Bigotry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigotry: Bigotry is a state of mind where a person obstinately, irrationally, unfairly or intolerantly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. Some examples include personal ...: ?Bigot (disambiguation) - ?Purist - ?Yobaz 2791,h,The good ones know the values of their words and the power of their language. 2810,2,CHAPTER THIRTEEN Concrete Steps 2814,3,Chicago and Concreteness 2815,h,Chicago is a unique city. It is also an odd kind of a city that stands out from the surrounding corn fields and pig farms of the Midwest. 2816,h,Chicago River. I learned about how the city is considered to be the Florence of the Midwest. Knowing, of course, about the beauty and timelessness of Florence, I knew this was a bit of an overreach. 2893,h,In a way, running is the antidote and a daily reminder of this principle. It has a way of grounding and beating pragmatism into the body. With each pounding of a pavement, a feedback is input that reinforces the need to stick to pragmatism. No amount of flight of fancy or dream will take one through the full length of the marathon. 2895,h,stepping out of a paradigm of a conventional wisdom and being wise with investment decisions. Let’s look at them one at a time: Buy and hold - keep up with your training for extended period of time; 2907,h,That is one of the things I am most grateful about the hobby of running. It has a holistic nature to it, and as it turns out, it has become a fitting activity for my natural inclinations 2910,3,Distillation and Refinement 2934,h,I still hold that life is really a process of fractional distillation for the misfortune of unrewarded labor is only a symptom of failed societal organization. 2959,2,CHAPTER FOURTEEN Reaching Higher 2964,3,Never Fully Developing 2980,h,I am the kind of person that chooses to forget and forgive the past. I suspect it is a H] coping mechanism, otherwise life would... 2995,h,The more ingrained the process of running into the day to day life, the more one learns to care - "I am alive. I can feel. I... 3000,h,The African in him is the one who is making him ask, "What is the consensus?" That's the African way at its best. The good le... 3011,3,Running, Breaking Through 3024,h,nomad hopscotching across borders, 3029,h,I am not sure if I have gotten to a place where I can claim that I love the pain, but I have come to terms with it. I am com... 3045,h,The big reveal for me was the realization that all these programs essentially have three components - short, medium, an... 3049,h,Their insight was that the key to marathon running is the ability to run while tired, 3052,h,The Hanson Brothers flip the script by wearing out the body during the week to create a tired state for the long run ov... 3061,h,It is said that that four-hour mark is a rite of passage - a transition from a hobby to seriousness. 3087,h,When I got to the half marathon mark, I felt fresh and excited with the new PR under my belt -1: 56. Not too bad at al... 3109,h,While I was squarely transfixed by the movement of the woman, a middle edged man runs past me - panting like a dog. ... was experiencing a new found jolt in my steps from what felt at that time to be the smartest decision I had ever made. I ga... 3121,h,pleased that I managed to surprise her, which in turn excited me all the more and I raced to the finish line - 3: 57! I coukJn'... 3128,2,CHAPTER FIFTEEN Looking Back, Ahead 3133,3,Seeing the Future 3137,h,I have been blessed with an upbringing that educated me in the art of survival. 3143,h,Getting organized was probably one of my strongest suites. It was demanded of me from an early age. 3148,h,The other interesting insight gained from similar surveys is that more than 60% make resolutions and less than 10% will be su... 3163,h,Free is a potent price; it appeals to the most basic of evolutionary instincts. 3170,h,Death by firearms will likely surpass fatalities from car crashes. 3213,h,If you think about it, why would it be any other way? Mother Nature is not guided by just the ruthlessness of survival of the fi... 3224,3,Resolutions, Keeping Them 3236,h,They say a leader is born, not made. You can aspire to be a Barack Obama. But, that kind of aspiration leaves one only at one... 3148,h,These stars are relentless in trying new ideas and overcoming defeats and despair; == i im uiiiei iiLeresuiy iiibiyiiL ydineu iiurn similar surveys is that more than 60% make Q resolutions and less than 10% will be su... 3163,h,Free is a potent price; it appeals to the most basic of evolutionary instincts. 3170,h,Death by firearms will likely surpass fatalities from car crashes. 3213,h,If you think about it, why would it be any other way? Mother Nature is not guided by just the ruthlessness of survival of the fi... 3224,h,Resolutions, Keeping Them 3236,h,They say a leader is born, not made. You can aspire to be a Barack Obama. But, that kind of aspiration leaves one only at one... 3250,h,These stars are relentless in trying new ideas and overcoming defeats and despair; raising oneself to continue marching on ... 3252,3,Wise Man, Stupid Man 3279,w,indulging: Indulge an Attachment, by Roger Walsh | Awakin.org: www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=961: 2.12.2013 - Of course, indulging a craving is no guarantee of a cure. ... Just this morning I made a deliberate choice to accept the feelings of love I have in .: 3281,h,I had never seen snow, let alone knowing how to ski, before I set foot in Italy. It was an exciting weekend adventure where ... 3291,h,Human Action, The Scholar's Edition - Sivu 47 - Google-teoshaun tulos https://books.google.fi/books?isbn=16... 3291,,b,0150430,Blake-ImmigratingTears end ### en #eng Blake's crocodile tears I only ask myself whether it is too cruel to hint to crocodile tears in this connection but having finished the book I had the odd feeling that the author whitholds something pertinent, but what? He never mentions his real origin by name as if shamed of it. But in many respects this is a very remarkable text. Not least because its fluent narration and rich language. It is not just choice of words, that too, but also the scenery awaking from his colorful expressions and erudite references. I really liked his English and did not mind having several times to refer to dictionary being a nonnative speaker myself. All to my own upbringing, one of the main purposes of reading in general. It is one of the best features of ebooks that dictionaries are available by one click. Only should the word definitions remain in the readers Notes & Markings file in addition to his faible memory (and the markings file downloadable as a lasting souvenir of the book in question). However, having read some twnty first pages I had a slight feeling of diappointment. Now almost regretting for having summed the first reading lot as 'dull', quite too harsh and quite too soon a judgment, as it soon turned out. Next time I could not finish but devoured some fifty pages finding it everything else but dull. I had chosen the book by hints to running, especially marathon running. I had just read another Amazon book of marathon running, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. And quite correct, the passages of running really, literally, offer colorful scenery as he describes his routes in training and competition. But here was also my worst diappointment, although that too, unfounded. Actually not unfounded, but completely wrong-minded, just wrong-minded, not ill-minded. I was disappointed with Blake's level as runner, an hour slower marathon than mine. But the essence of marathon is not time but the run itself. The real accomplishment is finishing it. In a way a four hour marathon is a bigger accomplishment than a three hour marathon. Four hours of continuous sincere effort and pain is something definitely more than only three hours of the same. Big hail to Blake, the marathoner! Suggest first name acquaintance in runners' club. Another reason for fascination throughout the book was a certain similarity of his career with mine. From primitive circumstances to doctor's degree. He even mentions about the secret of trees flourishing around his first home. I could tell something similar, although there is a tremendous diffenence in climate conditions. My harsh winters compelling to much more severe attitudes to the prime necessities of life for survival. Then there is his teen age educaton away from home in strange surroundings in Italy. I also had to leave my home early, at the age of twelve, to go to school. Although not very far, away from home, anyway. Much later on I had my experiences of Italy and Italian language. The more nice a surprise was it to find a paragraph where the author list the most memorable impressions of his trips in Italy outside his site of education. I could write, or better still, almost cite this paragraph as a list of my experiences in Italy. A real nice coincidence of life. Further reasons of community feeling with the author through the book, which is my habit of seeking in all reading, is in economics. In my case it is the core of my whole career being a professional economist and having written several economics books. From his mentioning of economic events and terminology it is easy to see that he has had excellent success in his courses of economics, although economics not being directly his main career. Sticking to personal impressions, he tells a lot of his atraction to music and dancing. As sportsman dancing was also my hobby during years of teenage, but later only occasionally. His liking of music, on the contrary, has nothing to do with my very narrow taste of listening 24/7 barock of 1600-1750. All in all, a very entertaining and in many respects worth while reading these Immigration Tears, A Story of Survival and Running to Destiny by F.C. Blake, well deserving my four stars, if not quite five because of the lack of a real big sting. @@@