The following book consists of brief biographical commentaries about Beethoven, each followed by sections of quotations attributed to the muse.

The Return of Tarzan is Edgar Rice Burroughs' third novel in the series starring the man raised by apes. First serialized in 1914 in All-Story Cavalier magazine, it was published as a novel in 1916.

The Soul of Man under Socialism is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde.

When man can see through and understand what exists beneath the surface of his life, the expression of his deeper life will begin.

THERE is a power lying hidden in man, by the use of which he can rise to higher and better things.

AS a man chooses his coat for its wearing qualities or for the moment's passing whim, so does he choose his destiny.

A Russian prince returns to Saint Petersburg after a long absence in Switzerland, where he was undergoing treatment for epilepsy.

The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics.

G.K. Chesterton lends his witty, astute and sardonic prose to the much loved figure of Saint Francis of Assis.

British writer John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first of five adventure novels to star Richard Hannay, a man with a remarkable knack for getting out of sticky situations, and indeed getting into them in the first place.

G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins.

Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) follows two women to Italy: the widowed Lilia Herriton and her traveling companion Caroline Abbott.

The Romany Rye is a fictional, yet highly autobiographical novel by George Borrow, which follows his novel Lavengro.

Agnes Among the Gargoyles commences at the dedication of an office tower constructed atop Grand Central Station.

Heroes of the Santa Fe Trail is the product of decades of primary research by a writer.

Imagination is man's most fearsome weapon.

When is a story about a basketball player not even about basketball?

In this far-seeing novel, the nations of the near future come to 1984?

Who killed Kennedy? Many keen minds have their doubts about the findings of the Warren Commission.

Dagny Taggart Jamison is a private investigator born on the day.