Bruce Lee Books

This is not a review as such , but i believe this book published by 'STAR BOOKS' isbn 0 352 30043 4 in the uk is the definative review of his personal life by his wife linda lee.

This is a superb read, written by someone who knew him best and gives a facinating insight into his life.

My copy of the book was located back in 1985 much by accident in a oxfam shop.

I expect it is very very valuable to collectors only (of course!) - if any one can give me a value (uk/us) , i would appreciate this.

email me at ' DAVE@DUNK98.FREESERVE.CO.UK '

This book written by Bruce's wife Linda with high quality glossy photo's (in the middle) has to be the most accurate account of his life. Written so near to his death when all is still clear in one's mind, I feel this gives the book the edge over some others that I have read claiming to be the life story. As an example, we all understand that Bruce hurt his back badly at one point in his life and it is common knowledge that he was laid up for many weeks/months. What is not clear is not is how this came about - some stories say that he got in a fight and was kicked in the back whilst others say that he had bad muscle spasms around his spine causing pressure on nerves etc which grew to be too much. However, in this book Linda states that she found him in agony in the gym (and this rings true from personal experiences with students) on the floor unable to move due to attempting to deadlift (stiff legged) a 200 lb barbell - which if he could achieve would enable him to stand up even if a grown man had got him in a head lock or similar. This all rings true to me and makes the other stories less believable. So on this one item and that fact that it was written so near his death I make my assumption taht this is the most accurate account of Bruce's life that you will ever read. IT NEEDS TO BE REPRINTED.

Sizing Up the Senate The Unequal Consequences of EQUAL REPRESENTATION

Frances E. Lee and Bruce L. Oppenhiemer

First, my background is History in terms of academics, and Army in terms of experience. Yet, for my own reasons, I was compelled to read this book. The first thing to note is that the intended audience is other academics. This is a scholarly work intended for scholars, not something to read while waiting to fall asleep. As such, it uses the awkward tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them structure that I so disliked in collage. Technical terms and jargon are not explained for the lay public, and given the difference between the dictionary definitions and official use of terms in my profession, I hesitate to assume the obvious meanings in some places. Despite this, the document has obvious use to political handlers and lobbyists who deal with the Senate. I wasn't always sure the logic followed, but it must be admitted I'm more useful if you need to deal with a Soviet tank regiment than a quorum call.

I was amused and annoyed by the common use of the feminine pronoun for generic Senators. My academic background is in History, where Truth is more important (or should be) than what is desired, and my military background provides me with a bias towards accuracy that caused me to tweak on each time her or she was used for an overwhelmingly male class. I make no claims as to the desirability of this fact, just that I was concerned by the contrary use of pronouns. The use of punctuation is more modern than I was taught, lo these many years ago, but the use of grammar and format was more archaic than I was taught as well.

Multiple sources were used for the data, including election results, FEC records, Federal outlays, archives, interviews and statistical analysis. Indeed, the latter was quite some surprise to me. I began to be impressed by page 10, with the examination of the smallest theoretical percentage of the population needed to elect a Senate majority.

More than once I'd find myself pondering something, or questioning how something else would interact, and find the answer in the next paragraph. On the other hand, I was astonishingly unimpressed with the admittedly odd statistics on diversity. These are not the fault of the authors, and given the use of statistics and other maths as often as possible I understand the desire for inclusion, but I remain unconvinced this is especially amenable to mathematical analysis. I question the originating theorist's choice of what to measure to produce diversity.

I was amused with the great concern to limit error in some places, next to places where (quite small) potential errors were present. Nothing that I can construe as significant, but I'd have said that of some other places where the authors saw fit to mention possible error. For instance, an examination of Democratic vs Republican Senators appears to roll up the occasional independent into the Republicans. Another place I was wondering if the phrase should have been "we have no reason to think... ," rather than "there is no reason to think... ." A couple of times the sample selected was not sufficiently explained to answer all of my questions. The careful use of qualifying statements was common enough to lead me to question the times they were not used.

Chapter 4 closes with the note that Senate apportionment works in a counter-majoritarian way against the party that would otherwise have more power most of the time. As the Senate was originally to protect the people from their own excesses, and weaken the power of the majority, I can only offer the following sage bit of military lore: Luck counts.

Chapter 5 closes with "the riskiest of political science endeavors-a prediction." I could pretend sympathy, since my average conversation with my commander goes something like : "Graves, what are the bad guys going to do now?" "Well sir..."

Two other military concepts that I'd like to see brought into the study are span of control, which deals with how many subordinates or alternately, problems, a leader can deal with simultaneously. The other is an old military intelligence truism; Perception is more important than reality. I'd like to see some examination of one or two of those fields in the book in light of the difference between what is, and what is perceived to be.

This is, despite the quibbles above, an impressive book, that may well deserve to be called required reading in the field. I read it during breaks in a command post exercise, and I intend to go back and do an additional reading when I can limit distractions. I'd be quite pleased, in a theoretical sense, to have either of the authors in my all source intelligence cell, provided they can analyze well under a time crunch. Yet I have reason to believe at least one of them would not be amenable to military service.

I'll simply close by saying that only the aiming of the book at a narrow audience keeps me from saying that anyone with an interest in the Federal Government should read this work post haste.

Sizing Up the Senate is a book every doubter of the US government should read. It is well researched, well written, and pathbreaking in what it analyzes.

The authors analyze the different relationships big state and small state Senators have with their constituents, the differences in legislative strategies used, the different committees big state and small state Senators tend to join, and finally the differences in federal funding.

For constituents, small state Senators rely on old-fashioned hand-shake campaigning and constituent service, big state Senators rely on TV media. Small state Senators do most of their fundraising in the year before the election, big state Senators do fundraising continuously. Small state Senators also tend to win reelection by wider margins, and small state residents have much higher opinions of their Senators than big state residents do of theirs.

For strategies, if a vote in the Senate is going to be close, small state Senators are much more likely than big state Senators to hold out in hope of getting something for their state. Lee and Oppenheimer analyze over thirty votes that were delayed because of hold outs and find that small state Senators were the ones holding out over half the time. If a big state and small state Senator are both holding out, the small state Senator is more likely to be the one rewarded, since a reward to his state is less expensive than a reward to a large state Senator.


Small state Senators basically function like Congressmen. Instead of working on big issues of national concern, they tend to work on getting projects for their districts (or, "states"). Small state Sens have an incentive to do pork barrel work because getting a bridge built in, say, Montana, is going to have a proportionally bigger political payoff than getting a bridge built in Florida.

For committee assignments, small state Sens try to get on committees that deliver pork. Since 1947, the Senators on Appropriations have come from states with an average of 5.29 Congressmen, since 1947, the Senators on Energy and Public Works have come from states with 3.29 Congressmen, the Senators on Veterans Affairs come from states with an average of 4.61 Congressmen, and the Senators on Commerce have come from states with an average of 6.18 Congressmen. By contrast, the Senators on Foreign Relations, Small Business, Labor, and Banking, come from states with an average of 7.63 to 8.89 Congressmen.

Finally, Oppenheimer and Lee show that small states get a much bigger share of the federal budget pie than larger states. They demonstrate that California is shortchanged by billions of dollars every year.

Lee and Oppenheimer show how the checks that the Framers of the Constitution wanted on the Senate have never functioned. They also show how the two-Senator rule was just the product of a compromise, and not any theory about government (in fact, Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Franklin all opposed equality).

Finally, a book I have been looking for; a readable reference with solid examples. Does a great job on the namespaces it covers. Looking forward to similiar books to cover additional namespaces. This is not a tutorial. Gets straight to the point and provides you with the information you need to use a class and its associated methods and properties. Provides just enough background to provide context for the namespaces referenced. If you are interested in a reference that show you what namespace to use for a particular purpose and concisely shows you how to use the namespace, then this book is for you.

If America is the melting pot, then baseball is an extension of that cauldron. Winter's books -- including "Fair Ball," a similar look at pre-Jackie Robinson Negro League stars -- are gems that illuminate athletes, musicians, artists and more. The writing is sharp. The illustrations here are reminscient of baseball cards. And the subject matter, minority baseball greats, has been up till now overlooked. These volumes will give your child -- and you, too -- breadth in understanding America's pastime as well as an understanding of pop culture. We laud our heroes to the point of nausea. Winter delights us by heralding the unsung heroes of a not so long ago but very distant era.

This book is propably the easiest book to learn the techniques of the master and maker of jeet kune do. This is a rarity for a book of this caliber as it shows the easy step by step of the hardest techniques he knew. It also shows how to do the aspiring side-kick!! To master such techniques would take years but for people who keep trying would take months! The book shows full contact so people can also learn from it easier. Overall an excellant book

Jesse Glover has written books on Bruce Lee that stand as the only information available on how Mr. Lee was trained before coming to the United States, his training and thinking when he arrived here, and the foundation he began to evolve to arrive at his later skills. Mr. Lee did not teach his foundation, which occured during his Seattle years, after leaving Seattle. Jesse Glover is supremely qualified to discuss this foundation and time, as he was Bruce Lee's training partner, whom Mr. Lee used to work out changes, and eventually that foundation. This particular book also includes pictures and information on Wong Shun Leong, one of Bruce Lee's senior, and formative instructors, before Mr. Lee came to the U.S. In a society concerned primarily with image, perhaps it is fitting that Bruce Lee's formative years, and his foundation, remain anonymous. Mr. glover's books are the only substantive information on this subject.

This Bio on Bruce Lee by Felix Dennis and Don Atyeo is still the standard by which I measure the other biographies on this martial arts legend. This book takes the generally accepted chronilogical format in detailing Bruce's life and death. It provides enough information on his life and death without resorting to too many rumors. Although it sticks to the facts, it is not boring.

It tells the story of his martial learnings and romance with Linda Lee without becoming vouyeristic. It strikes the right amount of balance of what a "fan" should know. This may be due to the time it was written, so shortly after his death that many things were not yet known or for the simple fact that these writers had some integrity and avoided endless silly sketches on his life.

The book is also an easy read (I have had this book since 9). The photos are now old, but are mixed well in the book and a few I have not seen in other materials. This is a classic text, and a must for Bruce Lee fans.

This book is a collection of the JKD phylosophy in the words of legend himself. Reading this book is one of the best way to experience Bruce Lee's openmindedness and wisdom. Each single quotes of Bruce Lee sounds stanning and deeply impressive because of his phylosophy education background. This is not only a great JKD text but also a great phylosophy book.

This is a well documented account of Bruce's life - beginning to end. The story gradually unfolds to show why this man was destined to be what everyone regards him to be, " A Great Exponent." Master Lone.

Robin Shannon's "Cemeteries of Seattle" is a unique book which takes you on a visual tour through Seattle's cemeteries and their famous (and infamous) inhabitants. This book includes both historic and contemporary photographs of the cemeteries and gravesites as well as extremely interesting information about the significance of those interred within each cemetery.
This is a "must read" for any cemetery or history lover!