This Glass is full of wonderful stories that will mesmerize and inspire. Ira Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life has personally chosen and introduces a collection of stories—some well known, some more obscure—capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of nonfiction. These pieces cover everything from teenage white collar criminals, buying a cow and Saddam Hussein to drunken British soccer culture and how we know everyone in our Rolodex. 455 pages.