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    by A. J. Evans ...
    The "escaping" is symbolic of both their literal and emotional release, as they take part in thrilling activities like secretive hikes, covert operations, and even dangerous stunts to feel alive again. The bonds they form with one another provide a sense of solidarity, helping them to combat the deep sense of isolation and alienation that accompanies their return to civilian life.As the novel ... Read more

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    An Introduction

    ′This clear and comprehensive textbook will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate courses on elections and voting behaviour. Complex theoretical and statistical ideas are explained lucidly and effectively - no mean achievement′- Representation′Voters and Voting fills a yawning gap in the study of elections and votingbehaviour. No other book today matches the breadth and depth of ... Read more

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    An annual review. Volume 56

    Series series Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review
    Chapters 3 and 5 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oceanography-marine-biology-hawkins-evans-dale-firth-smith/e/10.1201/9780429454455Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and ... Read more

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  • Oceanography and Marine Biology

    An annual review. Volume 55

    Series series Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review
    Ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and their relevance to global environmental issues create a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has catered to this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes more than 50 years ago. Its objectives are to consider, annually, the basic areas ... Read more

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  • The South European Right in the 21st Century

    Italy, France and Spain

    Edited by Jocelyn A.J. Evans ...
    Series series South European Society and Politics
    Since the European-wide domination of social democratic governments during the mid- to late-1990s, Right-wing parties have returned to power in the three largest Mediterranean democracies – Italy, France and Spain. This alternation has been symptomatic of growing majoritarianism in Southern Europe, a trend which has gone against much of the rest of the continent, and of a decline in clientelist ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Escaping Club (Unabridged)

    by A. J. EVANS ...
    Narrated by Travis Olson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 18 min

    Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly "escape-proof" German prison camp during World War I. After repatriation and rejoining the war, Evans again finds himself captured, this time first by Arabs and then by Turks. He again manages to escape. A detailed look at the trials faced by Allied POWs during ... Read more

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  • Democracy for Realists

    Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

    Series series Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
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  • Affluence and Influence

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    by Martin Gilens ...
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    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    by Morten Jerven ...
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    How Political Institutions Work

    Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions often fail to provide useful insights. For example, how are we to compare the United States, a presidential bicameral regime with two weak parties, to Denmark, a parliamentary unicameral regime with many strong parties? Veto Players advances an ... Read more

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