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1) Diamond eye
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U.S. postal inspector Max Diamond seems to be pulled in several different directions as he investigates a child pornography ring, learns of the strange deaths of his Yale buddies, and makes unexpected contact with an old lover--but these paths may not be as divergent as they seem.
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A narrative history about Anthony Comstock, US Postal Inspector and vice hunter, and the remarkable women who opposed him. Anthony Comstock, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, was one of the most important men in the lives of nineteenth-century women. The Comstock law, passed in 1873, penalized the mailing of contraception and obscenity with long sentences and steep fines. Between 1873 and Comstock's death in 1915, eight women were charged with...
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"The incredible true story of the US Post Office Inspector who took down the deadly Black Hand, a turn-of-the-century Italian-American secret society that preyed on immigrants across America's industrial heartland--featuring fascinating and never-before-seen documents and photos from the Oldfield family's private collection. Before the emergence of prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, there was the Black Hand: an early twentieth-century...
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[2010]
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English
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Postal Inspector Al Goddard is assigned to investigate the murder of a fellow officer. The only witness to the crime is Sister Augustine, who identifies the photograph of one of the assailants. This leads Goddard to a seedy hotel where he learns that the assailant is a member of a gang headed by Earl Boettiger, and he soon discovers that the gang is planning a million-dollar mail robbery.
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United States congressional serial set volume serial no. 8735
House document volume 69th Congress, no. 713
House document volume 69th Congress, no. 713
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1927.
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English
7) Detonator
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[2003]
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English
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A serial bomber has L.A. paralyzed with fear. A postal inspector is convinced it's a campaign of revenge. The authorities don't believe him, but he's determined to put an end to the rampage. With every second, time is running out.
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