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Title: Floating Off the Page: The Best Stories from the Wall Street Journal's Middle Column (Wall Street Journal Book) by Ken Wells, Michael Lewis ISBN: 074322664X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33
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: Informative and Funny
Comment: Admittedly, I knew very little about the Middle Column of the Wall Street Journal before reading this book. Now, I might just have to get a subscription to WSJ! The stories unfold as if they are the creation of some short story writer. Would you ever think that getting a hole-in-one in golf could be a bad thing? Well, in Japan, it is....in a way. And if you think that Stephen King writes a lot of books, wait until you hear about the man who holds the world record. A lot of the stuff you will learn from this book is mainly to entertain friends, but it's just as entertaining as reading a novel. Plus, you will get a perspective of how people thought 25 years ago and just how right they were. The only thing preventing the book from getting 5 stars is that it might be a tad bit on the "long" side and the editor attempts to group the stories by content. Personally, I would have rather had it completely mixed up because one of the chapters is a bit "dry." All in all, a great read that will have you smiling quite a bit.
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Title: At Home in the World : Collected Writings from The Wall Street Journal by Daniel Pearl, Helene Cooper, Mariane Pearl ISBN: 074324317X Publisher: Wall Street Journal Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at The New York Times : A Collection of the Newspaper's Most Interesting, Embarrassing and Off-Beat Corrections by Linda Amster, Dylan McClain, Tom Bloom ISBN: 0312284276 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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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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Title: The Best American Magazine Writing 2002 by American Society of Magazine Editor ISBN: 0060515724 Publisher: Harperperennial Library Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Best Newspaper Writing 2002 by Keith Woods ISBN: 1566251850 Publisher: Bonus Books Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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