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This course will explore and discuss the work of such influential thinkers as Voltaire, John Locke, Denis Diderot, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, and Benjamin Franklin. It will also spend some time with less well-known figures such as Joseph Priestly: a clergyman, scientist, and philosopher who was one of the most passionate defenders of the American Revolution in England: and the remarkable John Toland, a man whose writings on religion changed the way many Europeans thought about the Scriptures.

Veterinarian Janice Sullivan has been horse-crazy all her life and only wanted to work on her family's cattle farm, the Three Sisters Ranch, but her father's constant criticisms drove her away, forcing her to choose a new career in dressage and leaving her secret crush behind. With the ranch facing possible bankruptcy, Janice has an idea to save it - a woman's retreat. With Christmas around the corner, Janice is not only hoping for a chance under the mistletoe with the one man she's been unable to forget, but also to give a few cowgirl wannabes a chance in the saddle.

Activist Emily Sullivan left her fulfilling job in the Peace Corps to save her family's ranch from bankruptcy. Her dream is to use renewable energy because conservation and education are her passion. Unfortunately, her parents believe there's a greater profit allowing hunting tours to cull the local wild species. Emily vows to change their mind. Donovan Link doesn't stay in one place or with one job too long. This cowboy turned hunter is determined that the hunting lodge he built on the Three Sisters ranch will give him a nice nest egg so he could retire to Alaska.

One night with professional bull rider Trent Campbell had been everything that Kelly Sullivan had fantasized about. Unfortunately, it cost her everything. When she became pregnant, her father threw her out because she wouldn't tell him the baby's father was his rodeo hero - the hero who ghosted her when she tried to tell him about their daughter. Trent Campbell never forgot the best night of his life. It was what kept him going when a 2,000-pound bull ended his career and almost his life.

Kraftvoll und mit feinem Gespür für das Zwischenmenschliche erzählt David James Poissant von den Verwerfungen innerhalb einer Familie. Die Familie Starling lebt über das ganze Land verstreut, im Sommer aber kommen sie in dem kleinen Häuschen am See in North Carolina zusammen. Die Eltern Lisa und Richard stehen nach einer langen Karriere an der Cornell University kurz vor der Pensionierung und wollen das Sommerhaus der Familie verkaufen und sich nach Florida zurückziehen. Diese Entscheidung überrascht ihre beiden erwachsenen Söhne, Michael, einen Verkäufer, und Thad, einen aufstrebenden Dichter.

Dr. John Havilland praktiziert als Psychiater, doch er führt ein Doppelleben. Er zeichnet sich durch soziopathische und psychopathische Züge aus, ist manipulativ und zieht seine Fäden wie ein Puppenspieler – wobei die Puppen in seinem Spiel tatsächlich Menschen sind. Diese Menschen, die ursprünglich seine professionelle Hilfe suchten, sammelt er als seine Anhänger um sich. Noch beunruhigender ist, dass er sie wie Schachfiguren, für seine eigenen dunklen Machenschaften einsetzt, indem er sie mit Drogen und Medikamenten gefügig macht.