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Author : JAMES ROBERT PARISH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book JET LI A BIOGRAPHY written by JAMES ROBERT PARISH and published by . This book was released on with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : 苏好
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787508530024
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (3 download)
Download or read book 生死李连杰 written by 苏好 and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christy Marx
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823935192
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Jet Li written by Christy Marx and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Asian film star and martial arts master Jet Li, including action photographs and a listing of his films.
Author : Michael V. Uschan
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1420507311
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Jet Li written by Michael V. Uschan and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the life and career of film and martial arts star Jet Li. The book describes Li's childhood and later career; reveals his reasons for becoming an actor; and talks about his philanthropic efforts, which were motivated at least in part by a first-hand experience with a tsunami in the Maldives. The breadth of biographical information on Li makes this an especially interesting volume.
Author : Ric Meyers
Publisher : Eirini Press
ISBN 13 : 9780979998942
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (989 download)
Download or read book Films of Fury written by Ric Meyers and published by Eirini Press. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bruce Lee to James Bond, Jackie Chan to Jet Li, Enter the Dragon to Kung Fu Panda, kung fu films remain a thrilling part of movie-lovers' lives. Now the acknowledged pioneer in the genre presents his magnum opus on the subject, incorporating information and revelations never before seen in America. From the ancient Peking Opera origins to its superhero-powered future, Ric Meyers reveals the loony, the legendary, and everything in between. This vivid, action-packed book may delight, surprise, fascinate, and even enlighten you with a personal V.I.P. tour through the wondrous world of the most ridiculously exhilarating movies ever made.
Author : Jackie Chan
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 1982107227
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Never Grow Up written by Jackie Chan and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You’ll be hard-pressed to find a Hollywood memoir with this much blood and (broken) bone” (Entertainment Weekly) in this candid, thrilling autobiography from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world. Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it’s from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and mind-bending stunts. In 2016—after over fifty-five years in the industry, over 200 films, and many broken bones—he received an honorary Academy Award for his lifetime achievement in film. But Jackie is just getting started. Now, in Never Grow Up, the global superstar reflects on his early life, including his childhood years at the China Drama Academy (in which he was enrolled at the age of six), his big breaks (and setbacks) in Hong Kong and Hollywood, his numerous brushes with death (both on and off film sets), and his life as a husband and father (which has been, admittedly and regrettably, imperfect). In this “impossibly colorful memoir” (USA TODAY), Jackie applies the same spirit of openness to his “legendary life, with many fascinating stories waiting for you to discover” (Jet Li), proving time and time again why he’s beloved the world over: he’s honest, funny, kind, brave beyond reckoning and—after all this time—still young at heart.
Author : Sabrina Qiong Yu
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748645489
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Jet Li written by Sabrina Qiong Yu and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jet Li is arguably the best martial arts actor alive, and his career has crossed numerous cultural and geographic boundaries, from mainland China to Hong Kong, from Hollywood to France. In Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom, Sabrina Qiong Yu uses Li as an example to address some intriguing but under-examined issues surrounding transnational stardom in general and transnational kung fu stardom in particular. Presenting case studies of audiences' responses to Jet Li films and his star image, this book explores the way in which Li has evolved from a Chinese wuxia hero to a transnational kung fu star in relation to the discourses of genre, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and national identity. By rejecting a text-centred approach which prevails in star studies and instead emphasising the role of audiences in constructing star image, this book challenges some established perspectives in the study of Chinese male screen images and martial arts/action cinema. As one of the first book-length studies on Chinese stars/ stardom and transnational stardom, Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom is essential reading for students and researchers in Film Studies.
Author : Bonnie Goodman
Publisher : Emereo Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781488566905
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Jet Li 185 Success Facts - Everything You Need to Know about Jet Li written by Bonnie Goodman and published by Emereo Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not just another Jet Li title. This book is your ultimate resource for Jet Li. Here you will find the most up-to-date 185 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Jet Li's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: 1992 in film - L-Q, Unleashed (film) - Critical reception, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen - Development, Game of Death - In film, High Risk (1995 film) - Cast, 1982 in film - Notable films released in 1982, Fearless (2006 film) - Controversy, Currensy - Jet Life Recordings, Movie star - China, Gretsch - The FMIC era, Aziatix - Nicky Lee, Yuri Andropov - Leader of the Soviet Union, Vincent Zhao - 1997ndash;1999, Manny Pacquiao - In popular culture, War (2007 film), Action film - Hong Kong action cinema, 1991 in film - L-Q, Kiss of the Dragon, Jackie Chan - New experiments and change in style: 2008-present, Gary Daniels - Acting career, Hung Hei-gun - Cultural reference, Shaolin Temple (1982 film) - Cast, HP - The 1980s, Once Upon a Time in China II, Stereotypes of East and Southeast Asians - Emasculation and asexuality, Chinese martial art - Notable practitioners, List of Buddhists - Buddhist practitioners notable in other fields, The Expendables 2 - Plot, Toronto After Dark Film Festival - 2009, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - Filming, Romeo Must Die (soundtrack), 60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China - Media, Nina Li Chi, Fearless (2006 film) - Other names, Josephine Siao - Biography, Baguazhang - In popular culture, One Foundation - History, Corey Yuen - Later and USA works, and much more...
Author : Emily Smith
Publisher : Tebbo
ISBN 13 : 9781743334614
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (346 download)
Download or read book The Jet Li Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Jet Li written by Emily Smith and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Lianjie; born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist, actor, film producer, wushu champion, and international film star who was born in Beijing and took up Singaporean citizenship in 2009. Li's first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), but his first Hollywood film leading role was in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, most recently co-starring in The Expendables (2010) with Sylvester Stallone, in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser. He also appeared in the Hong Kong film Ocean Heaven (2010), directed and written by Xue Xiaolu. This book is your ultimate resource for Jet Li. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jet Li, Jet Li filmography, Shaolin Temple (1982 film), Kids From Shaolin, Born to Defence, Martial Arts of Shaolin, Dragon Fight, The Master (1989 film), Once Upon a Time in China, Swordsman II, Once Upon a Time in China II, Tai Chi Master (1993 film), Fong Sai-yuk (film), Fong Sai-yuk II, Kung Fu Cult Master, Last Hero in China, Once Upon a Time in China III, The Bodyguard from Beijing, Fist of Legend, The New Legend Of Shaolin (film), High Risk (1995 film), My Father Is a Hero, Black Mask (film), Dr. Wai in 'The Scripture with No Words', Once Upon a Time in China and America, Hitman (1998 film), Lethal Weapon 4, Romeo Must Die, The One (2001 film), Kiss of the Dragon, Hero (2002 film), Cradle 2 the Grave, Unleashed (film), Fearless (2006 film), The Warlords, War (film), The Forbidden Kingdom, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Founding of a Republic, Ocean Heaven, The Expendables (2010 film), The Sorcerer and the White Snake, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, The Expendables 2.
Author : Bruce Lee
Publisher : Black Belt Books
ISBN 13 : 9780897501439
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Tao of Jeet Kune Do written by Bruce Lee and published by Black Belt Books. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book & slipcase. Compiled from Bruce Lee's notes and essays and originally published in 1975, Tao of Jeet Kune Do is the best-selling martial arts book in the world. This iconic work explains the science and philosophy behind jeet kune do -- the art Lee invented -- and includes hundreds of Lee's illustrations. Topics include Zen and enlightenment, kicking, striking, grappling, and footwork. With introductions by Linda Lee and editor Gilbert Johnson, Tao of Jeet Kune Do is essential reading for any practitioner and offers a brief glimpse into the mind of one of the world's greatest martial artists. This limited edition features a slipcase and each copy is personally signed by Linda Lee Cadwell and Shannon Lee. Includes a signed, numbered certificate. Only 500 copies available.
Author : Mark Kriegel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143035350
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Namath: A Biography written by Mark Kriegel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-07-26 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In between Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan there was Joe Namath, one of the few sports heroes to transcend the game he played. Novelist and former sports-columnist Mark Kriegel’s bestselling biography of the iconic quarterback details his journey from steel-town pool halls to the upper reaches of American celebrity—and beyond. The first of his kind, Namath enabled a nation to see sports as show biz. For an entire generation he became a spectacle of booze and broads, a guy who made bachelorhood seem an almost sacred calling, but it was his audacious “guarantee” of victory in Super Bowl III that ensured his legend. This unforgettable portrait brings readers from the gridiron to the go-go nightclubs as Kriegel uncovers the truth behind Broadway Joe and why his legend has meant so much to so many.
Author : Matthew Polly
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501187635
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Bruce Lee written by Matthew Polly and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 656 pages. 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 : Leslie Li
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781559707688
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Daughter of Heaven written by Leslie Li and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful, touching memoir vividly recounts how Leslie Li's grandmother's traditional Chinese cuisine helped the author bridge the cultural divide in an America in which she is a minority. Interspersed throughout this poignant memoir are the author's personal recipes, most from her grandmother's kitchen.
Author : Glen Stanway
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781291139686
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Fearless: The Story of Chin Woo Kung Fu written by Glen Stanway and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearless: The Story of Chin Woo Kung Fu examines the legends and the facts behind one of the world's largest martial arts organisations. As well as exploring the legend of the founder, Huo Yuanjia, known as "Fearless," the author looks at how the Chin Woo (Jingwu) Association revolutionised martial arts at the turn of the twentieth century. Find out how Chin Woo expanded throughout the world, spreading it's philosophy and concepts. Learn how Bruce Lee helped Chin Woo become one of the most well-known and popular kung fu schools in the 1970's. Discover the fundamental kung fu forms and weapons of the Chin Woo style. The author, Glen Stanway, also traces his personal martial arts lineage, from the original Shanghai school, to the famous Yap brothers in Malaysia, and his own kung fu teacher, Master Teng Wie Yoo. Illustrated with over one hundred photos, the reader is taken on a fascinating journey from Qing dynasty China to the present day and beyond.
Author : Stephen Galloway
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1101904771
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Leading Lady written by Stephen Galloway and published by Crown. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of movie executive and philanthropist Sherry Lansing traces her groundbreaking journey to become the first female head of a major motion picture studio, sharing behind-the-scenes tales from movie sets and Hollywood boardrooms. When Sherry Lansing became the first woman ever to be named president of a major studio, the news ricocheted around the world. That was just the beginning of an extraordinary run that saw her head two studios, make hundreds of films, produce classic pictures such as Fatal Attraction and rule for twenty-five years as the most powerful woman Hollywood has ever known. Award-winning writer Stephen Galloway takes us behind the scenes of Lansing's epic journey—inside the battles; up close with the stars; and into the heart of a creative world populated by the likes of Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, Jane Fonda, Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise. He shows us the velvet touch that masked the iron hand, and the roller-coaster drama behind such movies as Titanic, Forrest Gump, Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan. Above all, he takes us into the mind of Lansing, creating a revealing portrait of a dynamic, driven woman who overcame unimaginable odds, pushed boundaries and left Hollywood at the peak of her power to achieve the life she wanted.
Author : Carrie White
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501142577
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Upper Cut written by Carrie White and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shampoo meets You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again in a rollicking and riveting memoir from the woman who for decades styled Hollywood's most celebrated players. I was living a hairdresser’s dream. I was making my mark in this all-male field. My appointment book was filled with more and more celebrities. And I was becoming competition for my heroes... Behind the scenes of every Hollywood photo shoot, TV appearance, and party in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, there was Carrie White. As the “First Lady of Hairdressing,” Carrie collaborated with Richard Avedon on shoots for Vogue, partied with Jim Morrison, gave Sharon Tate her California signature style, and got high with Jimi Hendrix. She has counted Jennifer Jones, Betsy Bloomingdale, Elizabeth Taylor, Goldie Hawn, and Camille Cosby among her favorite clients. But behind the glamorous facade, Carrie’s world was in perpetual disarray and always had been. After her father abandoned the family when she was still a child, she was sexually abused by her domineering stepfather, and her alcoholic mother was unstable and unreliable. Carrie was sipping cocktails before her tenth birthday, and had had five children and three husbands before her twenty-eighth. She fueled the frenetic pace of her professional life with a steady diet of champagne and vodka, diet pills, cocaine, and heroin, until she eventually lost her home, her car, her career—and nearly her children. But she battled her way back, getting sober, rebuilding her relationships and her reputation as a hairdresser, and the name Carrie White was back on the door of one of Beverly Hills’s most respected salons. An unflinching portrayal of addiction and recovery, Upper Cut proves that even in Hollywood, sometimes you have to fight for a happy ending.
Author : Jennette McCurdy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982185821
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book I'm Glad My Mom Died written by Jennette McCurdy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir by American former actress and singer Jennette McCurdy about her career as a child actress and her difficult relationship with her abusive mother who died in 2013
