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Title: The Bruce Lee Story by Linda Lee, Mike Lee, Jack Vaughn, Jack Vaughan, Linda Lee Cadwell ISBN: 0-89750-121-7 Publisher: Black Belt Communications, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better Than You Think!
Comment: Like many Bruce Lee fans, I was dubious when picking up this book, suspecting it would be too sentimental and one-sided, glossing over the "true facts." However, don't be misled-- this book is GREAT. Easily among the two or three best Bruce Lee biographies, if not the best. Very well written, well organized, great rare photos. Linda does a fantastic job of giving us an idea of who Bruce Lee was, from the singular perspective of the person who truly knew him best. Sure, it glosses over the more controversial topics that have surfaced over the years (e.g., alleged drug use, personality problems, the circumstances surrounding his death). But you'll come away with a profound respect for the integrated depth of Bruce's genius, his commitment to his family, and his profound sense of integrity and character. And you'll notice that the qualities Linda chooses to highlight are in fact the ones that come out in his art as well as his screen persona. For example, here's a man who, feeling the weight of racial prejudice against himself, was nonetheless willing to physically fight a fellow Chinese for the right to teach Kung Fu to whites! That story is well-known, but the way Linda captures it illustrates Bruce's commitment to principles and his global perspective. Linda does a great job of balancing Bruce Lee as a profound philosopher as well as a uniquely gifted physical specimen. She makes you understand that it was more than simply his physical gifts that made him who he was. Perhaps Karate master Ed Parker said it best: Bruce was "one in two billion." In Linda's book, you'll be amazed at how disciplined, far-seeing, and erudite Bruce Lee was-- at such a young age. He was simply WAY ahead of his time. One could easily say that, through the medium of film, Bruce Lee singlehandedly effected a paradigm shift in the world's perception of martial arts, Asian males, eastern philosophy, and action films. This book is a very illuminating and satisfying read.
Rating: 5
Summary: A touching insite into an amazing family
Comment: As a UK housewife with young children I have virtually no martial arts knowledge and read the book out of curiosity. I found a truly real book about an amazing marriage and an amazing couple. I think Linda Lee is as extraodinary as her husband. I am left feeling inspired about my own life and shall pass on little nuggets of knowledge to my own kids. This book is for people interested in fellow human beings and not just martial arts followers. It is testimony in itself that nearly 30 years after his death Bruce Lee has inspired an ordinary British woman.
Rating: 3
Summary: Basically informative, with some mythmaking thrown in
Comment: An OK book, as far as propaganda biographies go. But if you want to read one genuinely great book about Bruce Lee, make it THE TAO OF BRUCE LEE by Davis Miller, which I recommend over any other biography of Lee. Davis Miller's book is beautiful, funny, sad, a pageturner, and it's the only book to sort through all the hokum and myths to give us something real-world and true.
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Title: The Warrior Within : The Philosophies of Bruce Lee by John R. Little, Linda Lee ISBN: 0809231948 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Letters of the Dragon: An Anthology of Bruce Lee's Correspondence With Family, Friends, and Fans 1958-1973 (Bruce Lee Library, Vol 5) by Bruce Lee, John R. Little ISBN: 0804831114 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee, Gilbert Johnson ISBN: 0897500482 Publisher: Black Belt Communications, Inc. Pub. Date: July, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living by Bruce Lee, John Little ISBN: 0804832218 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bruce Lee: The Untold Story by Unique Publication Staff, Unique Publications ISBN: 0865680094 Publisher: Unique Publications Pub. Date: May, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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