Well I am gonna pimp a fiction book (if thats ok with you)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Denisov...2381423&sr=1-1
"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"- Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
As the title suggests its the story of one day in Ivans life what makes it interesting is that Ivan is currently imprisoned in a Stalanist Gulag. Probably my all time favourite book this.