Category: Vice Patrol
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Smuggling Made Easy
Sneak it Through : Smuggling Made Easier Michael Connor 1984 Paladin Press Submitter: This book was found on shelf by one of our library clerks and brought to my attention. A surprising purchase, and my only guess is a collection development librarian had watched too many episodes of Magnum, P.I.,…
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Toys against God
Turmoil in the Toybox Phillips 1986 Did you know that Barbie, GI Joe, and Rainbow Brite are out to corrupt your children? We have featured our guy Phil sharing his SHOCKING truth about Saturday cartoons that will corrupt and ruin your children. He also has a thing against dinosaurs. This…
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Drinking in America
Drinking in America: Our Secret History Cheever 2015 Submitter: I stumbled upon this tome while browsing my local library branch. Now, as a craft beer drinker and writer about said subject, I already own several excellent books on alcoholic drink and its history and societal and cultural impact, both somewhat…
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Smoke if you got ’em!
The Cigarette Shortage Federal Trade Commission 1945 Submitter: I found this as I was weeding the government documents at [a university library]. I am glad I did not grow up in the forties. Holly: Want to know more? Here’s the FTC’s annual report for 1945. I couldn’t find this exact…
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The Gentle Art of Smoking
The Gentle Art of Smoking Dunhill 1954 I had no idea that smoking was an art form. When I first saw the back cover, I wasn’t sure what I was looking at, but my first thought wasn’t pipes. This book is one of those pro-smoking salutes to tobacco in all…
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How to Write and Sell Confessions
How to Write and Sell Confessions Feldhake 1980 Submitter: From a large public library that recently weeded the 800s/authorship how to’s. This had circed in the last 5 years, which is surprising considering that these “true confessions” magazines don’t really exist as a phenomenon anymore (though at least one of…
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