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Title: Floating Off the Page: The Best Stories from the Wall Street Journal's Middle Column by Ken Wells, Michael Lewis ISBN: 0-7432-2663-1 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21
Rating: 5
Summary: Middle, but Not Mediocre
Comment: Like many readers checking out this book, I've read the "middle column" for years. I'm bemused to learn everyone else calls it the same thing. What else could it be called? "That funky human interest article in the WSJ that has no direct relationship to anything else in the paper"? Maybe, but that would take too long to say.
"Floating off the Page: The Best Stories from The Wall Street Journal's "Middle Column"" covers all those stories you missed. On one hand, it is just a collection of articles from a well-read newspaper column. On the other, it is a peek into the unusual world we live in. As bizarre as some of these stories are, as much as you'll look and tell the other person with you, "listen to this, there's this guy in New York who...", these are real life.
It isn't all humor, but you'll find many a chuckle in the book. You'll wonder where and how they found these people, but you'll be drawn into every page. The middle column isn't one of those selection of odd newswire stories, but a fully-researched look into one story, and all its oddities. They are written with as much erudite literary prowess as the rest of the WSJ, but without the MBA-level knowledge required.
Coffeehouses should stock this one, as well as waiting rooms at dentists' office everywhere.
I fully recommend "Floating off the Page: The Best Stories from The Wall Street Journal's "Middle Column""
Anthony Trendl
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Writing, Bright Thinking
Comment: This collection of mostly humorous, occasionally tragic, but always clever stories is a pleasure to read and to consider stealing from. The "middle column" of the Wall Street Journal is where you'll find all kinds of quirky, off-beat pieces on people or issues you thought you might not care about. But the writing draws you in and makes you care about the eccentric Englishman who's built a medieval siege engine, or the doomsday group, or the guy who tests aircraft viability by hurling dead chickens through the air, or the Laotian navy, and the more than 60 other characters presented in this book. While the quirkiness of finding these stories surrounded by the much more serious reporting of financial stories might catch your eye, the content of the material will hold it.
This is a great book for people looking for another view of the world and what's important. And journalists take note: there's a goldmine of story possibilities in this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: News Stories Of Lasting Quality and Value
Comment: Most daily journalism is written, edited and published under strict deadline pressure, and is as perishable as the newsprint it's printed on. But there are exceptions. Give a talented reporter freedom of time and subject matter, and sometimes the result can soar close to, if not actually achieve, the quality of literature. Some great examples of this are collected in "Floating Off the Page."
The Wall Street Journal is primarily known as a financial newspaper. But since 1941, the middle column of its front page has been devoted to a feature on just about any subject under the sun. What happened to the mail destined for the World Trade Center after 9/11? Why were people attempting to translate the Bible into Klingon--and why was there a dispute over how to do this? Why was a man trying to develop a non-flatulent bean? This is only a quick sampling of some of the stories to be found in this offbeat, entertaining, informative volume.
Some of these pieces are truly timeless, though most represent a snapshot of a past moment; all are worth another look. Keep it by your bedside or in your bathroom or carry it with you on your next trip. You'll find it a great one to browse and dip into again and again.
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Title: Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at the New York Times by Linda Amster, Dylan Loeb McClain, Allan M. Siegal, Tom Bloom ISBN: 0312284276 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: At Home in the World: Collected Writings from the Wall Street Journal (Wall Street Journal Book) by Daniel Pearl, Helene Cooper, Mariane Pearl ISBN: 074324317X Publisher: Wall Street Journal Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Best Newspaper Writing 2002 by Keith Woods ISBN: 1566251850 Publisher: Bonus Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Best American Magazine Writing 2002 by American Society of Magazine Editor ISBN: 0060515724 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Fun of It: Stories from the Talk of the Town by Lillian Ross ISBN: 0375756493 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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