A collection of stories-some well known, some more obscure-capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of non-fiction. An anthology of the best new masters of non-fiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by Ira Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life. These pieces-on teenage white collar criminals, buying a cow, Saddam Hussein, drunken British soccer culture, and how we know everyone in our Rolodex

are meant to mesmerize and inspire.