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The first authoritative biography 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 32, journalist and best-selling 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.

Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, world renowned for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosophical thinker, believing that martial arts are more than just an exercise in physical discipline - they are a perfect metaphor for personal growth. In Be Water, My Friend Shannon Lee shares previously untold stories from her father's life along with the concepts at the core of his teachings.

In the Chinese calendar, 1964 was the Year of the Green Dragon. It would be a challenging and eventful year for Bruce Lee. He would broadcast his dissenting view before the first great international martial arts gathering and then defend it by facing down Chinatown's young ace kung fu practitioner in a legendary behind-closed-doors, high-noon-style showdown. The Year of the Green Dragon saw the dawn of martial arts in America and the rise of an icon.

The life of the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th Century. Over the centuries there have been people able to influence the course of events to the point of changing history. Sometimes bulky personalities who have directed the course of events, changed economies, evolving entire generations, or great statesmen able to bring politics to a level of world power...in short, in this audiobook, we will analyze some figures who, each in their own sphere, have changed the future, and their name will echo over the centuries.

The name Bruce Lee is synonymous with martial arts superstar. Lee’s movie career was cut tragically short by his death at just 32 years old. Starring in six big-release feature movies, Lee revolutionized martial arts movie-making and challenged Western prejudices against the East. Challenging the status quo of martial arts practice, Lee created his own unique system, Jeet Kune Do. More than a martial art, Jeet Kune Do is a philosophy for life that is founded on the art of fighting without fighting.

Bruce Lee ist vor allem als Kampfkünstler bekannt, doch er war auch ein tiefgründiger Denker. In seinen nun zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch veröffentlichten privaten Notizbüchern teilt er mit uns seine persönlichen Gedanken zu allen wichtigen Themen aus den Bereichen Psychologie und Philosophie. Besonders spannend ist seine Auffassung von den geistigen Prinzipien, die gute Kampf- und Lebenskünstler*innen ausmachen. Empty Your Mind ist ein Jubiläumsband zum 50. Todestag des Meisters am 20. Juli 2023, auf den all seine Fans und Praktizierenden der Kampfkünste nicht verzichten können.

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Water Mirror Echo—a title inspired by Bruce Lee’s own way of moving, being and responding to the world—is a captivating and powerful reminder. At the helm is Jeff Chang, the award-winning author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, whose writing on culture, politics, the arts and music have made him one of the most acclaimed and distinctive voices of our time. In his hands, Bruce Lee’s story brims with authenticity.

Before Jet Li, Jacki Chan, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Steven Seagal, there was Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee's legend is considered one of the unique success tales in Hollywood. Just like any other man who thrived to succeed, Lee's journey was also full of ups and downs. But he justly did overcome the obstacles and all adversities to achieve stardom which at first was seemingly obscure to him.

Iron Maiden's frontman Bruce Dickinson has lived an incredible life. He's a novelist, a businessman and competitive fencer and one of the few rock stars to have taken his band on tour in a customised Boeing 747 that he piloted himself. In this immersive documentary recorded ahead of The Book of Souls World Tour, Bruce talks to Maggie Lee about his work as a commercial pilot and his love of music, alongside teaching Maggie to fly.

Il metodo che ha ispirato Bill Gates e The Secret. Da Charles Haanel, figura di riferimento della Scienza della Mente, un metodo pratico di straordinaria efficacia per ottenere ciò che vogliamo, per scoprire e diventare ciò che sentiamo veramente di essere e per essere felici di ciò che siamo. A highly effective method to develop our inner power, to activate the law of attraction, to attract all forms of abundance in our lives, to get everything we want, and to be happy to be ourselves. By Charles Haanel, the method that inspired Bill Gates and The Secret.

It would be nearly impossible for someone to pack more action into 32 years than Bruce Lee, whose name remains practically synonymous with martial arts excellence and kung-fu movies. He was undoubtedly the forerunner to martial arts stars who came in his wake, including Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that he grew up as a sickly child. His upbringing was simultaneously one of great privilege and hardship, which had a huge impact on his career down the road.

الرجل الذي يقال بأنه كان باستطاعته إمساك حبة رز بين عودي طعام. وعلى الرغم من وفاته في سن مبكّرة نسبيًا، إلا أنه قدّم مسيرة مؤثرة في عالم الفنون القتالية، غير أنّ الكثير قد لا يعلمون بمواهبه الأخرى كالتمثيل والإخراج. إنه بروس لي، الفتى المقاتل.