Book & Movie Reviews

Book and movie reviews

Book Review: In Search of Al Howie

© Copyright - 2019 - Athletics Illustrated Title: In Search of Al Howie Author: Jared Beasley Published: October 8, 2019, by Rocky Mountain Books Language: English ISBN-10: 1771603380 ISBN-13: 978-1771603386 Pages:...

Human Powered: A Film by Matt Cecill about the Finlayson Arm Ultramarathon

© Copyright - 2019 - Athletics Illustrated Human Powered is runner, coach and multi-media specialist (photography and videography) Matt Cecill’s short (23:51) film on the...

Book Review: Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age Author: Jeff Bercovici Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing...

Book Review: Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance Author: Alex Hutchinson Published: February 6th 2018 by William...

Movie Review: Icarus; a shocking look at systematic doping in Russia

© Copyright - 2017 - Athletics Illustrated Genre: Documentary Release: August 4, 2017 Director: Bryan Fogel Music: Adam Peters Producers: Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan, James R. Swartz, David Fialkow Cast:...

Movie Review: BOSTON

© Copyright - 2017 - Athletics Illustrated Movie: BOSTON Genre: Documentary Run time: 2:02:57 Director: Jon Dunham The movie BOSTON is a slick, full-length documentary on the history of...

Book Review: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

© Copyright - 2017 - Athletics Illustrated  Title: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Author: Haruki Murakami Pages: 180 Publisher: Vintage Books, a division of...

Book Review: Olympic Collision: The story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd

© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Olympic Collision: The story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd Author: Kyle Keiderling Pages: 352 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,...

Book Review: Peter Snell and the Kiwis Who Flew

© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Peter Snell and the Kiwis Who Flew Author: Vern Walker Pages: 305 Publisher: David Ling Publishing Limited (August 1, 2014) ISBN: 978-1-877378-94-2 Available...

Book review: The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of...

© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated Title: The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of Japanese running Author: Adharanand Finn Pages: 326 Publisher: Faber...
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