Few Australians realise that of the 62,000 Anzac soldiers who died in the Great War, over one-third are still listed as ‘missing’. With no marked graves, the only reminders of their sacrifice are the many names inscribed on ageing war memorials around the world.Scott Bennett deftly tells the story of such missing Anzacs through the personal experience of three sets of brothers — the Reids, Pflaums, and Allens — whose names he selected from the Memorials to the Miss...

One bloody night. One lone survivor. One chance of redemption.France, 1919. One year after the guns fell silent across the Western Front, Lieutenant Wilfred Rhodes receives his final classified mission before he can return to Australia. He must end the command of Captain Charlie Kingsley, the unhinged radical leader of the Graves Recovery Unit.Still haunted by the loss of his platoon in the Battle of Passchendaele, Rhodes infiltrates Kingsley's unit and wor...

In 1916, one million men fought in the first battle of the Somme. Victory hinged on their ability to capture a small village called Pozières. After five attempts to seize it, the British called in the Anzacs to complete this seemingly impossible task.At midnight on 23 July 1916, thousands of Australians stormed Pozières. Forty-five days later they were relieved, having suffered 23,000 casualties to gain a few miles of barren landscape. Despite the toll, the operation was heralded a...

Cody couldn't be more opposite from Natalie.When Natalie arrives in Belle Fourche with her ailing father and three wayward brothers, she’s forced to throw herself upon the mercy of her only remaining family—the Olesons—at the Broken Circle O. While her father rests, Natalie is excited to meet an ornery man with deep, gray eyes, and a missing leg. She’s certain that if he’ll agree to let her father fashion a prosthetic limb for him, the familiar work will help her f...

There are so many vital questions when it comes to building a résumé today, but only one way to be assured you’re getting the right answers--by asking a hiring expert.Building your résumé should be one of the easier parts to the job interview process, but it’s actually becoming one of the most stressful aspects. What kind of résumé will spark the employer’s interest? Which kind most often get passed over? How far back are we supposed to go? How can we best explain ...

COMES NOW, Scott Bennett, petitioner, and files this Amicus Curiae Brief Disclosing a Military Report on Covington & Burling-Flynn Motion, in response to Judge Emmet G. Sullivan’s invitation for briefs to assist the court by 1) providing information, testimony, and insight that has bearing on the key issues in this case; 2) that this court is not presently aware of; and, 3) that in the interests of justice must be considered for the following reasons: 1. Scott Bennett’s information is mate...

Today, whichever party is in power, Aboriginal issues are very much part of the national agenda. No account of the nature of Australian politics, or discussion of the future of Australian society, can be complete without consideration of the Aboriginal interest. Citizens, whatever their political preferences, are learning that the Aboriginal demand for a full role in society has a profound impact on public life.In White Politics and Black Australians Scott Bennett coolly a...

One bloody night. One lone survivor. One chance of redemption.France, 1919. One year after the guns fell silent across the Western Front, Lieutenant Wilfred Rhodes receives his final classified mission before he can return to Australia. He must end the command of Captain Charles Kingsley, the unhinged radical leader of the Graves Recovery Unit.Still haunted by the loss of his platoon in the Battle of Passchendaele, Rhodes infiltrates Kingsley's unit and wor...

Charles Oleson is known for defending women, but this will test his limits.It's fall round up at the Broken Circle O and a new crop of hands sign on for the job. When Charles is assigned a small, mute man to watch over, he despises the injustice. That is, until he realizes there's more to Will Galliger than meets the eye.Wilhelmina "Will" Galliger will do whatever it takes to earn her own plot of land, including acting like a man.Will has pretended to be mute for th...

John agrees to act as her beau to save her, but his heart knows the truth.John Oleson has never courted before, but when he catches a woman being badgered by a strange man, he pretends to be courting her to save her. Tongues wag when everyone hears about the heiress courted by the cowboy, but will he be able to keep up the act until she is safe from a man who only wants her money?Alicia Greely avoids attention at all costs.Her paren...

Bradley Langston, college dropout and drifter, is at a dead end. His last stop before living out of his car with a wet dog and a murderous ball of fluff is a caretaker’s job at Pottsville East Shady Terraces cemetery.The cemetery is a mess, and it’s going to take a lot of work to make right, which is more than Brad bargained for when he took the job. To complicate matters, the long-term residents of Shady Terraces turn out to be a little restless. And needy.For starters, a ...

In "With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train," Ernest Nathaniel Bennett offers a gripping firsthand account of the Boer War, capturing the harrowing yet heroic experiences aboard an ambulance train servicing the British forces. Written in a vivid, journalistic style, the book blends real-time observation with reflective narrative, bringing to life the tumultuous emotions of soldiers and medics alike. Bennett's prose is characterized by its immediacy and detail, which situates the reader...