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16th US president Abraham Lincoln was born 1809. This biography offers a compelling definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity –what today’s commentators would call “authenticity”–whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life.

Musical hall star Marie Lloyd was born #OTD 1870. Called the “Queen of the Music Hall” her songs & sketches popularised Cockney humour, was sympathetic to the little man & often risqué. Visit her grave in Hampstead Cemetery.

Happy Birthday, Ray Kurzweil. Immortality is within our grasp. We are in the early stages of multiple profound revolutions spawned by the intersection of biology, information science & nanotechnology. Ray brings it all together for the layperson.

Prussian-born philosopher Immanuel Kant died #OTD 1804. A key figure in the development of modern philosophy, he's probably best known for The Critique of Pure Reason in which he questions the idea of objectivity.

Happy birthday @JackieWoodson 'Red at the Bone' explores sexual desire, identity, class & the life-altering facts of parenthood, & the long-lasting decisions young people must make about their lives - even before they have begun to figure out who they are & what they want to be.

Poet & novelist George Meredith was born #otd 1828. One of Oscar Wilde’s favourite novelists, he ‘is noted as one of the earliest English psychological novelists and as an important experimenter with narrative told from a variety of shifting, unreliable perspectives’

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Happy Birthday, Judy Blume. The Pain (aka Jake) is 6 years old. His sister, The Great One (aka Abigail) is 8. They drive each other crazy. It's Fluzzy's birthday and Jake and Abigail want to throw the best party any cat has ever had. But it's not long before they start fighting.

Follow Lady Jane Grey's journey from the deadly intrigues of her childhood that led inexorably through to her trial and execution at the age of 17 #OnThisDay 1554, Nicola Tallis explores new evidence that brings fresh insight to the life of the Nine Days Queen.

Happy Darwin Day. How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin, who was born #OTD 1809 introduced a revolutionary new one. Read how his theory evolved.

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Scientist, mathematician, traveller, soldier, spy, René Descartes who died #OTD 1650, has been called the 'father of modern philosophy'. Born into an era still dominated by the medieval mindset, he was one of the chief actors in the riveting drama that ushered in the modern world

One of the key figures of the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor dynasty, Elizabeth of York who died #OTD 1503, is an enigma. She may have schemed to marry Richard III & did marry his usurper, Henry VII, uniting the houses of York & Lancaster & was a model consort.

Fashion designer Alexander McQueen died #OTD 2010. He was crowned British designer of the year 4 times between 1996 and 2003. This biography reveals the source of his genius & the links between his dark work and even darker life.

Nelson Mandela was freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years #OTD 1990. From his imprisonment on Robben Island, to his remarkable journey to freedom & inauguration as President, this work describes his frustrations and strength of heart.

John Buchan died #OTD 1940. An Intelligence officer during WWI, he created an alter-ego hero Richard Hannay who dramatically thwarted the Germans in The Thirty-Nine Steps. Let Orson Wells thrill your ears

Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space programme. #WomenInScience