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Author : Cindy Dyson
Release : 2001
Genre : Martial artists
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 589/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Brandon Lee by : Cindy Dyson
Download or read book Brandon Lee written by Cindy Dyson. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life of the celebrated member of the famous political family who died in a plane crash in 1999.
Author : Bridget Baiss
Release : 2012-02-07
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 844/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Crow: The Story Behind the Film by : Bridget Baiss
Download or read book The Crow: The Story Behind the Film written by Bridget Baiss. This book was released on 2012-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crow is the ultimate cult movie, with a dedicated worldwide following, and two sequels, plus a fourth currently in production. Now, ten years after the original film’s release, the full story of this seemingly cursed production can finally be told... In The Crow’s last days of filming, its star Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee) was killed in a strange on-set accident, while filming his character’s death scene. Bridget Baiss describes the chain of events which led from O’Barr’s creation of the graphic novel, up to this fateful day, and beyond, to the film’s final, triumphant release. The definitive account of The Crow’s production and the phenomenon it became, packed with scores of interviews with the film’s cast and crew.
Author : Matthew Polly
Release : 2019-06-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 635/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bruce Lee by : Matthew Polly
Download or read book Bruce Lee written by Matthew Polly. This book was released on 2019-06-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The first noteworthy treatment of its subject—and a definitive one at that...Fascinating narrative threads proliferate” (The New York Times Book Review). The most authoritative biography—featuring dozens of rarely seen photographs—of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures, and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans. Forty-five years after Bruce Lee’s sudden death at age thirty-two, journalist and bestselling author Matthew Polly has written the definitive account of Lee’s life. It’s also one of the only accounts; incredibly, there has never been an authoritative biography of Lee. Following a decade of research that included conducting more than one hundred interviews with Lee’s family, friends, business associates, and even the actress in whose bed Lee died, Polly has constructed a complex, humane portrait of the icon. Polly explores Lee’s early years as a child star in Hong Kong cinema; his actor father’s struggles with opium addiction and how that turned Bruce into a troublemaking teenager who was kicked out of high school and eventually sent to America to shape up; his beginnings as a martial arts teacher, eventually becoming personal instructor to movie stars like James Coburn and Steve McQueen; his struggles as an Asian-American actor in Hollywood and frustration seeing role after role he auditioned for go to a white actors in eye makeup; his eventual triumph as a leading man; his challenges juggling a sky-rocketing career with his duties as a father and husband; and his shocking end that to this day is still shrouded in mystery. Polly breaks down the myths surrounding Bruce Lee and argues that, contrary to popular belief, he was an ambitious actor who was obsessed with the martial arts—not a kung-fu guru who just so happened to make a couple of movies. This is an honest, revealing look at an impressive yet imperfect man whose personal story was even more entertaining and inspiring than any fictional role he played onscreen.
Author : Lee Brandon
Release : 2016-02-09
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 181/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings by : Lee Brandon
Download or read book Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings written by Lee Brandon. This book was released on 2016-02-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS WITH INTEGRATED READINGS is the higher-level companion to SENTENCES, PARAGRAPHS, AND BEYOND in the two-book Brandon series. Instruction in this text -- comprehensive, flexible, and relevant -- is predicated on the idea that reading and writing are linked and that good writing is the product of revision and rigorous editing. The hallmarks of the Brandons' books are tell-show-engage instruction, ample demonstrations of good professional and student writing, and an abundance of reading-based, high-interest general, cross-curricular, and career-related topics and prompts. The reading-based writing presented in this book provides experience in critical thinking that enables students to write competently across the disciplines and transition smoothly to the next level of the English program. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Author : Paul Bowles
Release : 2000
Genre : Africa, North
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 912/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Sheltering Sky by : Paul Bowles
Download or read book The Sheltering Sky written by Paul Bowles. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of an American couple's fated attempt to regenerate their strange and troubled marriage as they journey through North Africa. The book is a portrayal of a man's physical and mental disintegration and is written by the author of Midnight Mass.
