Books by David Klein

OPEN YOUR EARS THINK OF A NUMBER From his bar stool on New York''s Lower East Side, surrounded by a colorful crew of locals, David Klein sets out on a quest for the infinite,ΓÇ¿hidden somewhere -everywhere?- in songs featuringΓÇ¿numbers in their titles. The book that follows is a masterful, erudite tribute to 60 years of pop music. If 6 Was 9 manages to be hilarious, geeky, seriously intellectual and heartfelt all at the same time. Revised and expanded, with a foreword by Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood, this comprehensive volume surveys number songs from zero through 99-making frequent detours across time and space along the way DAVID KLEIN spent most of his life in the vicinity of New York City. A graduate of Vassar College, he is now a journalist for the alt-weekly newspaper INDY Week, writing about music and pop culture. He lives in Chapel Hill, N.C., with his wife and two sons.ΓÇ¿Find him on facebook or Twitter @DKleinandFall

An examination of the relationship between the Western powers and the Soviet Union with regard to Berlin, from WW II to the 1971 Four Power Agreement, ending with an assessment of its implications for the future.