BRUCE LEE

Very nice book... Ignore the 1 star review you can buy this book....💯💯💯

I heard of bruce and the myths related to him, but after knowing him through this book, i came to know there is more to bruce than just an actor and martial artist. A must read book.

Simple english, easy to understand. You will enjoy the reading

> Simple read, easy to understand for everyone> Insightful lessons from the legend, his various philosophies in life, his personality. Detailed insights into his background, family background, relatives, friends, classmates etc, sometimes one would feel so much detail was not even required> Some photos are too covered, well researched overall> Very good book, I kept looking to forward pages>

A very good biography for the legendary martial artist.

Loved reading this wonderfully researched book. The author has written in a very readable format which is quite enjoyable. I think i got to know Bruce lee as the person he was, the things that mattered to him and his personality. For all Bruce lee enthusiasts and even people who are looking for a good read to know about the man, i would definitely recommend this book. It shows some pictures of him as well from his very early days. All in all a very good book. I just couldn't put it down.

The narration of biography is not in the form of flow. But the narration intercepts with comments of his acquaintances in between is breaking the flow and irritating.otherwise the book Is not giving the essence of his traits since childhood which made him iconic and superstar.

How is truth? It doesn't matter. Matt Pollyanna tells a beautiful story that sheds light on a Chinese-American legend—a must-read for any martial artist.

Finalmente uma biografia completa, perfeita, sem achismos ou ficções (comuns em biografias) sobre a vida de um ícone cultural que ultrapassa a barreira de um único segmento (artes marciais), afinal Bruce Lee além de filósofo, foi responsável pela quebra de diversos paradigmas nas artes do entretenimento graças a sua disciplina e perseverança. recomendo a todos a leitura de sua biografia e se surpreendam com a história de uma pessoa que ganhou status de lenda e não foi a toa.Alex (Rio de Janeiro) @gastrolex

Bellissimo libro da circa 500 pagine. Molto interessante, sincero ed informativo. Adesso ho la sensazione di conoscere il M° Lee. Il libro non solo documenta la sua infanzia, la sua carriera da artista marziale ed attore, ma contiene anche racconti sulle sue amicizie con personaggi del cinema e da uno sguardo alle sue filosofie ed abitudini. Veramente molto interessante.

Le travail qu'à fait cet homme est colossal et admirable. Pour chaque chose il a compilé toutes les interviews de chaque personne pour en tirer une conclusion. On apprend presque tout sur Bruce Lee que ce soit les bons comme les mauvais côtés.On a même enfin une description très précise de ce qu'il s'est passé ce fameux jour du combat entre Bruce Lee et Wong Jack Man. Je n'aurais jamais imaginé savoir un jour ce qu'il s'est réellement passé.Seul tout petit regret c'est qu'il n'y a pas vraiment de détails sur des éventuels combats avec les champions de l'époque comme Mike Stone, Joe Lewis ou Chuck Norris.Incroyable travail de ce Monsieur !

I totally enjoyed reading this comprehensive and fascinating biography on the life of Bruce Lee. All the details of Bruce Lee's early, troubled childhood in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong and his winning of the Hong Kong Cha-Cha championship in 1958 are two of the amusing points I learned from the book. Bruce Lee shortly left Hong Kong because he was constantly getting into trouble with the law and street gangs, so his family sent him back to his country of birth (he was born in San Francisco), the United States, to start a new life. He faced much anger from the Chinese community for teaching non-whites the martial arts, who felt that tradition dictated that combat skills should only be taught to Asians since white people (the "gweil-lo" which translates to white ghosts or Causcasians) could use their newly acquired skills against the Chinese. Bruce Lee always said that although he respected tradition, he was not a slave to it. Mr. Lee faced immense racial discrimination not only when trying to enter the American tv and film industry in the 1960s and early 1970s, but also from his girlfriend's family, who could not stomach her eventually marrying someone other than a Caucasian. After a brief one year stint as Kato in the tv series "The Green Hornet", Bruce Lee struggled to make ends meet, while trying to keep his martial arts school open. I learned from the book that Bruce Lee was a martial arts advisor in the Matt Helm film "The Wrecking Crew" which starred Dean Martin as a James Bond-like secret agent. After losing the lead role to David Carradine in the "Kung Fu" tv series, he left the United States and reached incredible success and fame starring in a series of Hong Kong action films for Raymond Chow's Golden Harvest studios. Sadly, Bruce Lee died a few weeks before his magnum opus "Enter the Dragon" was released to theatres around the world.I bought both the original hardcover edition and the subsequent paperback edition. My only criticism is both made the glaring factual error of referring to the Mayor of Los Angeles as Tom Brady (should have been corrected to Tom Bradley). Also, the hardcover edition omits the listing of Bruce's Longstreet episodes in the filmography section. Fortunately, the paperback edition, which came out several months later, has included the Longstreet episodes in the filmography section.All in all, this is a fabulous read on one of the most popular film stars (Bruce hated to be referred to as a star indicating the term was an illusion) of action films. I highly recommend the book to all who might want to learn more about this great individual.