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  • YAMAHA: THE NEW DAWN
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    YAMAHA: THE NEW DAWN
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    In the 1960s, Yamaha transitioned from instruments to motorcycle racing, quickly dominating with their innovative two-stroke engines and riders. In the early 1960s, Japanese firm Yamaha, previously known as a musical instrument maker, took their first faltering steps into the arena of top flight motorcycle racing. They were comparative latecomers in this world, but soon made st...

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  • ROYAL MARINES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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    ROYAL MARINES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    The Royal Marines had the distinction of serving in every major land campaign of the First World War, as well as participating in most minor ones. They also served afloat as an element of the Royal Navy. For the greater part, the morale and esprit de corps of the formation was second to none, wherever its men found themselves and whatever challenges they faced. This new history...

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  • THE HUNGER WAR
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    THE HUNGER WAR
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    A fascinating study of the role that food—and the lack of it—played in the First World War, for both troops and civilians.   In the First World War, the supply of food to civilians became as significant a factor in final victory as success or defeat on the battlefields. Never before had the populations of entire countries lived under siege conditions, yet this extraordinary sit...

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  • DEEDS OF HEROES
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    DEEDS OF HEROES
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    For over 100 years the Distinguished Conduct Medal the DCM—was the second highest medal that could be awarded for gallantry to the other ranks of the British army—in some cases also the RAF and Royal Navy, yet the holders of this major award have rarely been given the recognition they deserve. While the heroic exploits of recipients of the Victoria Cross have been the subject o...

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  • THE TIGERS
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    THE TIGERS
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    This is the first major history of the Leicestershire Regiment in the Great war to be published since the 1930s. Weaving personal recollections with official accounts, it brings the character of the four battalions raised in Leicestershire vividly to life. There are over 200 photographs, many from private collections, maps and several appendices. ...

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  • EYEWITNESS ON THE SOMME 1916
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    EYEWITNESS ON THE SOMME 1916
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    What was the soldiers experience of the Battle of the Somme? How did the men who were there record their part in the fighting or remember it afterwards? How can we, 100 years later, gain an insight into one of the most famous and contentious - episodes of the Great War? Matthew Richardsons graphic account, which is based on the vivid personal testimony of those who took part, o...

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  • LEICESTER IN THE GREAT WAR
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    LEICESTER IN THE GREAT WAR
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    Leicester had a strong radical tradition, and was represented in Parliament during the Great War by the outspoken Labour MP Ramsay MacDonald. MacDonald's anti-war views divided opinion in Leicester sharply, but whilst it was slow to provide troops for Kitchener's Army, this was not through lack of patriotism. Instead, Leicester's three main industries footwear, hosiery and engi...

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  • TT TITANS
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    TT TITANS
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    A motorcycle enthusiast offers in-depth, fully illustrated profiles of the 25 greatest machines to race the Isle of Man TT.   Since it began in 1907, the Isle of Mann Tourist Trophy has gained a well-deserved reputation as the most challenging—and dangerous—motorcycle race in the world. In TT Titans, Matthew Richardson explores a fascinating question: which motorcycles or sidec...

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  • ISLE OF MAN AT WAR, 1939–45
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    ISLE OF MAN AT WAR, 1939–45
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    This WWII history presents the remarkable story of the Manx people and their homeland in the Irish Sea throughout the epic conflict. Few people are now aware of the extraordinary role the Isle of Man played in assisting the allied war effort. Yet for six years, a place best known as a holiday playground became a heavily armed fortress. Hundreds of airmen, soldiers, and sailors ...

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  • TT TITANS
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    TT TITANS
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    A motorcycle enthusiast offers in-depth, fully illustrated profiles of the 25 greatest machines to race the Isle of Man TT.   Since it began in 1907, the Isle of Mann Tourist Trophy has gained a well-deserved reputation as the most challenging—and dangerous—motorcycle race in the world. In TT Titans, Matthew Richardson explores a fascinating question: which motorcycles or sidec...

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  • THE ISLE OF MAN
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    THE ISLE OF MAN
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    Discover the long and fascinating history of this tiny self-governing island in the Irish Sea.   Many people don’t know that the tiny Isle of Man, midway between the coasts of Lancashire and Northern Ireland, is one of the richest historic landscapes in Europe. Packed into its 225 square miles are dramatic stories of Bronze Age conflict, Viking warriors, medieval kings, smuggle...

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  • KAWASAKI – THE GREEN MACHINE
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    KAWASAKI – THE GREEN MACHINE
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    Kawasaki, eager to grab their own slice of the glory, was the last of the major Japanese manufacturers to enter the high-octane world of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Although the company had a long history of engineering innovation, it adopted motorcycles relatively late in the day. However, Kawasaki did more than simply copy what the other Far Eastern firms were producing, an...

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  • A HISTORY OF THE SIDECAR TT RACES, 1923-2023
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    A HISTORY OF THE SIDECAR TT RACES, 1923-2023
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    Celebrates a century of sidecar racing at the Isle of Man TT, highlighting technical innovation and the dominance of iconic teams like BMW, BSA, Yamaha, and Honda. The Isle of Man TT is arguably the most historic motorsport event on the planet. Its 37 ¾ mile Mountain Course is the world's oldest racing circuit that is still in use. Three wheeled machines first appeared in 1923,...

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  • HONDA: THE GOLDEN AGE
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    HONDA: THE GOLDEN AGE
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    When the fledgeling Honda Motor Company wanted to break into Europe, they knew their machines had to prove themselves at the greatest motorcycle race in the world, the Isle of Man TT. At that time part of the World Championship series, the TT attracted the biggest names in the racing world. It was also the toughest and most challenging event of its kind. In 1959, the first Japa...

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  • TIGERS AT DUNKIRK
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    TIGERS AT DUNKIRK
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    In this compelling new study of the disastrous 1940 campaign in France and Flanders, Matthew Richardson reconstructs in vivid detail the British armys defeat as it was experienced by the soldiers of a single battalion, the 2nd/5th Leicesters. These men typified the ill-equipped, under-trained British battalions that faced the blitzkrieg and the might of Hitler's legions. They w...

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  • 1914
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    1914
    MATTHEW RICHARDSON
    The opening battles of WWI’s Western Front and the world-changing advances in warfare are reexamined through eyewitness accounts from the trenches.   The 1914 campaign of World War I, sparked by the German Army’s invasion of Luxembourg, Belgium, and France, marked a watershed in military history. Advances in weaponry forced both sides to take to the earth in what became a gruel...

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