American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch
Subtitle: An Odyssey in the New China
Publisher: Gotham
Published: December 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781592403370
Subjects: Sports & Recreation; Biography / Autobiography; Sports; Martial Arts & Self-Defense; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Table of contents: label: PROLOGUE
pagenum: 1; title: Book One: Wanderer; label: 1.
title: The First Step
pagenum: 13; label: 2.
title: Lost in Translation
pagenum: 21; label: 3.
title: Sleeping Beauty
pagenum: 31; label: 4.
title: Kungfu World
pagenum: 43; label: 5.
title: Lights, Camera, Action
pagenum: 55; label: 6.
title: A Coke and a Smile
pagenum: 63; label: 7.
title: Defection
pagenum: 69; title: Book Two: Novice; label: 1.
title: Eating Bitter
pagenum: 75; label: 2.
title: The Show Must Go On
pagenum: 89; label: 3.
title: Chinese Medicine
pagenum: 99; label: 4.
title: Roommates
pagenum: 109; label: 5.
title: Shaolin's Champion
pagenum: 123; label: 6.
title: The Sacred and the Profane
pagenum: 135; title: Book Three: Initiate; label: 1.
title: Kickboxing
pagenum: 151; label: 2.
title: Media Matters
pagenum: 163; label: 3.
title: Iron Forearm Boy
pagenum: 169; label: 4.
title: Taiwan Tunes
pagenum: 179; label: 5.
title: Playing Hands
pagenum: 185; label: 6.
title: Crazy Negotiations
pagenum: 193; label: 7.
title: Taking a Beating
pagenum: 205; title: Book Four: Apprentice; label: 1.
title: Happy Endings
pagenum: 211; label: 2.
title: Iron Crotch Kungfu
pagenum: 217; label: 3.
title: Getting Schooled
pagenum: 233; label: 4.
title: The Sixth Race
pagenum: 237; label: 5.
title: Dirty Jokes and Beer
pagenum: 247; label: 6.
title: Pride and Penance
pagenum: 255; label: 7.
title: Another American
pagenum: 265; title: Book Five: Disciple; label: 1.
title: Challenge Match
pagenum: 275; label: 2.
title: Mistress Management
pagenum: 287; label: 3.
title: Tournament
pagenum: 301; label: 4.
title: No Problems
pagenum: 325; label: 5.
title: The Western Spear
pagenum: 335; label: 6.
title: Endings
pagenum: 339; label: PROLOGUE: Shaolin Reunion
pagenum: 345; label: AUTHOR'S NOTE
pagenum: 363; label: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
pagenum: 365