Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges goes beyond the celebrated siege by General James Wolfe in 1759 to chronicle three very different sieges, across two separate conflicts. Focusing on the geographical importance of the city of Quebec and the role it played in the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence, Stephen Manning describes visits to the city of important figures such as Benedict Arnold and George Washington. In the fuller context of the Seven Years War, he explains the enormous importance the British attached to the capture of North America from the French.

Ireland is in a mess, and a great many ordinary people are suffering because of the prevailing culture of corruption, cronyism and criminality in Departments of the State. Perhaps nowhere is this crisis more evident than in the so-called Irish Justice System comprising the legal profession, the Garda Siochana (police) and the Irish Courts. This Guide has been produced as a basic manual for those who have found themselves subject to improper, illegal or unconstitutional activities. It offers suggestions as to how to defend yourself from abuses of power and position, and how to hold errant...