Aunt Tudi heard about these books and wanted me to post a blurb about them here on The Cliffs. The first one is called
The World is Curved by David Smick, and focuses on our global economy. The other one,
How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative by Allen Raymond, is one of those books whose title pretty much speaks for itself.
Neither of us has read these books, but we plan on doing so at the earliest given opportunity. Aunt Tudi strongly suggests you read them, too.