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How Chris Hani smuggled weapons into South Africa
A new biography reveals how the ANC commander built underground networks from Lesotho to move arms, guerrillas and money across borders using tourist minibuses and young operatives.
Daily Maverick · 4m
Roy Cohn's playbook from McCarthy to Trump
A new biography traces how one lawyer's tactics shaped American politics across decades.
NPR · 1m
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Kim Kardashian's empire traces back to an Armenian prophecy
A new biography reveals how ancient prophecies, immigrant hustle, and matriarchal shopkeeping shaped the world's most famous family.
Vanity Fair · 3m
Jean-Pierre Serre, the mathematician who reshaped fields
From teenage calculus to the first Abel Prize, Serre helped give modern mathematics much of its current shape.
Maths History · 3m