<p><b>In <i>Berlin Now</i>, and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city.</b><br><br>Over the last five decades, no other city has changed more than Berlin. Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe''s most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs. Pieces of the wall are collected around the world. Blending memoir, history, anecdote and reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes - from wrenching stories of life under the Stasi, to the difference between East and West Berliners'' sex-lives, to a present-day investigation of its arts scene, night-life, tumultuous politics and hidden quirks - revealing what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is.<br><br>Peter Schneider makes<b> the city come alive</b>. He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously an