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Everyone has heard of the Minotaur in the labyrinth on Crete and many know that the Greek gods would adopt the guise of a bull to seduce mortal women. But what lies behind these legends? The Power of the Bull discusses mankind's enduring obsession with bulls. The bull is an almost universal symbol t[...]

Hayward is a sleepy Southwestern town full of cattle, trucks, and tumbleweeds. Virgil Dalton s been the sheriff for over a dozen years and has lived there all his life. It s a place where everybody pretty much knows everybody but they don t know each other s secrets
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