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And Other Tales from the American Underground
by Eric Schlosser (2003)

Three essays on different aspects of American underground — marijuana trade, migrant labourers and porn industry — offering general, if rather superficial and unsatisfying, view of ‘illicit’ industry.

What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World
by Eric Schlosser (2001)

A very readable history of fast-food industry and its impacts on social and cultural landscape.

by Umar Kayam (2005)

A selection of Kayam’s non-academic, non-specialised writings (mostly essays and reportage) from 1969 to 1999

Chronicle of the Future
by Svetlana Alexievich (1997)

“This is not a book about Chernobyl, but about the world of Chernobyl,” a wide range of oral, first-hand testimony, accounts, sometimes occasional rant and condemnations from broad range of people involved and/or affected by Chernobyl.

Why the Truth Doesn’t Always Come Out When the UN Goes In
by Linda Polman (2004).

Common horrifying-slash-absurd images of “humanitarian” movements gone wrong (as always).