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Charles Chan (18 December 1914 – 26 February 2008) and Lee-lee Chan (1916 – 28 February 2002) were the parents of actor/director/singer Jackie Chan and the grandparents of actor/singer/composer Jaycee Chan. Due to being the father of Jackie Chan, Charles made cameos in some of Chan's films such as Police Story 2 and also starred in his own film once made by a company trying to advertise it as a Jackie Chan film. Their story was made into a 2013 feature film A Tale of Three Cities directed by Mabel Cheung. Charles's biography Nationalist guard According to Charles' father, he still needed discipline when Charles returned to Nanjing at the age of 20. His grandfather was a good friend of Chinese National Revolutionary Army General Ku Chu-tung (Gu Zhutong, Chinese: 顧祝同) and after displaying his martial arts skills, Charles became General Gu's orderly which was similar to being a personal guard according to Charles. General Gu later became Chief of Staff to General Chiang Kai-shek. General Gu had many armed guards and Charles was also given a rifle of his own. He lost his job as an orderly when he accidentally pulled the trigger of his automatic rifle which startled him causing him to drop it. The rifle continued to fire rounds as it spun on the ground. Charles returned home and eventually found employment on a Mitsubishi cargo ship in Wuhan. Mitsubishi Of the seven general maintenance workers in his group, he became the leader. This group of seven also openly traded merchandise without official permits. Linen was especially very expensive in Nanjing, so they bought the linen in Wuhu and shipped it to Nanjing. Once the linen was in Nanjing, it was traded for salt. According to Charles, when Japanese workers arrived in Nanjing to seek employment, they felt they were not given any benefits and accused Charles and his group of smuggling and they were arrested by Japanese authorities. Upon the fourth day of their imprisonment, he and his group had their hands tied behind their backs and were taken to witness an execution. What they saw caused them to literally faint, lose their appetites and experience restless sleep. One week later, they were taken again to witness another execution. Charles, while recalling this horrific experience in the film documentary, Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan and his Lost Family, said that he and the other six workers in his group, upon witnessing another execution, became like zombies. Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in July 1937. Soon, under the pretext of creating a "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere", the Japanese Imperial Army launched an all-out invasion of South-East Asia, but their primary target was always China.Through political connections, a relative of Charles pleaded with the Japanese authorities to release him from prison. Of the seven workers, only five came out alive, among them was Charles. Deciding to quit his job on the cargo ship, Charles returned to General Gu, who was Dai Li's boss, to ask for help. This time, General Gu got Charles a job in the Intelligence Bureau of the Administration Office as a Secret Agent of the First War Zone. According to Charles, the Nationalist Government was corrupt and currency became less and less usable as even the price of a stick of fried bread (Youtiao) skyrocketed into extremely unreasonable prices. Charles then led his entire unit of 38 men to the headquarters in Shanghai where they all intended to formally hand in their resignations. However, being the leader of this unit made him the target of two assassination attempts, one of which occurred on the way to the headquarters in Shanghai. While descending down some stairs, someone shouted that he had too much power and shot him. The bullet went through the upper calf of his leg. Later, someone shot Charles from behind and this time the bullet took off a piece of his scalp near the crown of his head. Charles expressed that he believes it was Communists who tried to kill him as he was a Nationalist. In the meantime, the Japanese Army were taking the coastal cities of China with overwhelming force causing the Chinese population to continually move further and further inland. Charles fled to Anhui, but it was too devastated from the Japanese air raids for him to stay. Both of his parents and his sister were killed in these air raids. He then fled to Chongqing (Chungking), but returned three or four months later. Living alone among the ruins in Anhui, he met his first wife and they had two sons, Fang Shide (房仕德) and Fang Shisheng (房仕勝). Eventually, they moved to Wuhu. When the older son, Shide, was seven, and the younger son, Shisheng, was two, Charles' wife was diagnosed with cervical cancer and was bed-ridden for three years while in constant pain. Opium, when it could be smuggled undetected by authorities, was often used as a pain-killer, but Charles did not know how to prepare it and hired someone for this task. This caused him to eventually go bankrupt. His first wife died of her illness in 1947. As the Communists and Nationalists clashed, the Chinese Civil War broke out and the Communists eventually won. In the meantime, due to Charles having been a former Secret Agent for the Nationalists, his life was in danger and he felt he had no other choice but to leave his two young sons behind and flee Wuhu. Charles left without telling them good-bye or where he was going. He ended up in Shanghai at the age of 29. According to his two sons, when they woke up the next morning, their father was simply gone. Without parents, a policeman found them and the two sons were taken care of secretly by Charles' friends. These friends feared that if they were discovered to be helping the sons of a former Nationalist Secret Agent, they could be arrested by the Communists. Charles expressed that from that day until the day he met them again in 1985, he worried about his sons and wondered if they were still alive. Death Charles Chan died at the age of 93 on 26 February 2008 in Hong Kong. Family members, including his grandson Jaycee Chan, were at his bedside. His son Jackie was unable to be there due to filming commitments, but he was with his father during the Chinese New Year period and said on his website that he knew that might be the last time he saw his father.Charles Chan was interred next to his wife in the Gungahlin Cemetery in Canberra on 8 March 2008. Jackie Chan, the US ambassador Robert McCallum, and former ACT chief ministers Kate Carnell and Gary Humphries were in attendance. Lee-lee's biography Early life Lee-lee Chan (陳莉莉; born as 陳月榮 (Chén Yuèróng)), also known as Lily Chan, was born circa 1916. Lee-lee's parents owned a grocery store and her first husband worked as a shoe-maker, then later worked at a railroad station. Her first husband was killed from bombs from air raids in Wuhan and at the age of 28, she was left to single-handedly raise her two daughters, Yulan (who was 12 years old when her f.... Discover the Charles A Lee popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Charles A Lee books.
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The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings
Alexander Pope & Leo DamroschAlexander Pope (16881744) was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human nature have entered the language, and whose verse still astonishes with its en...
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Gloria Lee v. Charles Gordon Lee
First District Court of Appeal of FloridaThe state appeals an order granting a motion to suppress evidence obtained during a stop of Mr. Wises pickup truck. We reverse. Because the officer had a wellfounded suspicion of c...
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The Last Line
Stephen Ronson'John Cook is the Jack Reacher of 1940's Britain' Damien LewisMay 1940. With Nazi forces sweeping across France, invasion seems imminent. The English Channel has never felt so na...
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The Insider
Matthew RichardsonThe thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's most exciting new spy writerA Russian defector is found brutally murdered in a Londo...
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50 Classic Biographies
Lord Charnwood, John Cooke & Henry JamesLearn more about some of the most interesting people to ever live with this anthology of 50 classic biographies. An active table of contents is included to make it easy to quickly ...
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Lee D. Vendig v. Charles R. Traylor
Dallas the Fifth Court of Civil AppealsThis is an appeal from a summary judgment granted the defendant in a suit for breach of a land sale contract. Plaintiff sued on three separate theories: contract, fraud and the Dec...
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Emerald Magic
Andrew M. GreeleyMythology and magic come alive in this collection of Irish fantasy stories by some of today's finest authors.Ireland is a nation that holds fast to its history and heritage, and no...
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The Secrets of Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Dr. Lee HentonAre you aware there is an essential nerve in your body called the vagus nerve, which has a significant impact on your overall health? Are you willing to improve your health and ove...
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The Anatomy Of Motive
John E. DouglasWhy? In this eagerly anticipated new book from the international bestselling authors of Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and Obsession, legendary crime fighter John Douglas expl...
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Panic Room
Robert Goddard‘Is this his best yet?...Full of sinister menace and propulsive pace with twisty plotting’ Lee ChildWHAT REALLY LIES WITHIN?High on a Cornish cliff sits a vast uninhabited mansion....
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A Republic of Scoundrels
David Head & Timothy C. HemmisThe Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the natio...
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Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11
Maxim JakubowskiThis superb annual anthology of the year’s most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jakubowski has succeeded, once again, in une...
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Big Driver
Stephen KingNow a Lifetime original movie, Stephen King's haunting story about an author of a series of mystery novels who tries to reconcile her old life with her life after a horrific attack...
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Coup in Dallas
H. P. Albarelli & Dick RussellThe CIA, Dallas, and the Hard Details of the JFK AssassinationCoup in Dallas leaves speculation and theory aside to give the hard details of who killed President John F. Kennedy an...
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The Last Enforcer
Charles OakleyIn this “incredible read on some incredible days and nights in the old association” (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN senior NBA insider) Charles Oakleyone of the toughest and most loyal p...
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Bookmarked
Wendy W. FaireyWendy Fairey grew up among books. As the shy and studious daughter of famed Hollywood columnist Sheilah GrahamF. Scott Fitzgerald’s lover during the last years of his lifeshe began...
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Circus Games
James CraigWho is the man with no head? Commander John Carlyle has enough on his plate with a dead film producer and a runaway actor, not to mention the alcoholic boss who's accused him of h...
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The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook
Kate White, Harlan Coben, Gillian Flynn, Mary Higgins Clark & Brad MeltzerEnjoy over 100 recipes and murderously fun facts from legendary mystery authors like Sue Grafton, Louise Penny, Harlan Coben, and James Patterson! With art deco embellishments and...
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Against Nature
Joris-Karl HuysmansThe hero of this curious novel is des Esseintes, a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here,...
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Cold Grave
Craig Robertson'Robertson is doing for Glasgow what Rankin did for Edinburgh' Mirror1993. Scotland is in the grip of an icecold winter and the Lake of Menteith is frozen over. A young man and wom...
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Paradise Now
Chris JenningsFor readers of Jill Lepore, Joseph J. Ellis, and Tony Horwitz comes a lively, thoughtprovoking intellectual history of the golden age of American utopianismand the bold, revolution...
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Waverley
Walter Scott & Andrew HookSet against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Waverley depicts the story of Edward Waverley, an idealistic daydreamer whose loyalty to his regiment is threatened when...
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Curtis Lee Charles v. State Texas
Supreme Court Of UtahAppellant was convicted by a jury for the offense of robbery. The jury assessed punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions, at thirtyseven years. Sentence was imposed in open co...
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Trust No One
Anthony MosawiMy name is Sara Eden, and this is all I can remember . . . There are government agents pursuing me. They think I know something they want. They will never stop. I could be a dange...
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Savage Appetites
Rachel MonroeA “necessary and brilliant” (NPR) exploration of our cultural fascination with true crime told through four “enthralling” (The New York Times Book Review) narratives of obsession.I...
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Difficult Lives Hitching Rides
James SallisJames Sallis's (Drive) seminal biographical essays on crime fiction pioneers Jim Thompson, David Goodis, and Chester Himes restored to print and joined by a handpicked collection o...
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Jumpman
Johnny SmithHow Michael Jordan’s path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fame To become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn’t enough for Mich...
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Press Start to Play
Daniel H. Wilson & John Joseph AdamsIT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS. You are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your ...
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The Folds
Clint TownsendOn July 23rd, 1978, Danny Lee Albright turned ten years old. As a birthday present, his father, Tommy Lee, surprised Danny and his four friends with a trip to meet Superman at the ...
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Something That Lasts
James David JordanTed Balik's public disclosure of an affair between his wife and the O'Fallon Bible Church pastor changes everything for Reverend David Parst and his family, plunging them i...
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Dreamcatcher
Stephen KingFrom master storyteller Stephen King comes his classic #1 New York Times bestseller about four friends who encounter evil in the Maine woods.Twentyfive years ago, in their haunted ...
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The Thirteenth Tale
Diane SetterfieldInstant #1 New York Times bestseller“Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books and the magical power of story.”People“Eerie and fascinating.”USA TODAYSometi...
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An English Christmas
John Julius Norwich'If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake ...
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Essential Novelists - Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy & August NemoWelcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most ...
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A Family History of Charles and Elizabeth Lee Palmer 1795
Buddy BrinkleyCharles and Elizabeth Lee Palmer Family History from 1795 2010.
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In The Shadows
Gilles Boyer & Édouard PhilippeLoved House of Cards?'Utterly fascinating.' Perlustra'Absolutely brilliant.' BertrandHe thought the worst was behind them. The primaries done and dusted. The Presidency within ar...
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Front Sight
Stephen HunterThis collection of three interconnected novellas follows each generation of the iconic Swagger familygrandfather Charles, father Earl, and fan favorite hero Bob Leefrom New York Ti...
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Watch Him Die
Craig RobertsonNOMINATED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Truly difficult to put down’ Daily Mail 'Highconcept plot keeps the 'tecs and the ...
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Charles Lee Riley v. State Indiana
Supreme Court Of IndianaThis is an appeal by Charles Lee Riley from a judgment in the Marion Criminal Court, Division Two, convicting him of the crimes of Voluntary Manslaughter and Violation of the 1935 ...
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A Grain of Wheat
Joseph JacobsonThis is the story of how a brilliant but disillusioned man moves from a selfabsorbed childhood and adolescence to a dramatic awakening to a life of love and duty that draws him out...