Sunday, December 7, 2008
BOOKS
American Wife, By Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $26)
Ask for a Convertible, By Danit Brown (Pantheon, $22.95)
Bang Crunch, By Neil Smith (Vintage, $13.95)
A Case of Exploding Mangoes, By Mohammed Hanif (Knopf, $24)
The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts, By Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby (Viking, $26.95)
A Country Called Home, By Kim Barnes (Knopf, $23.95)
The Crowd Sounds Happy: A Story of Love, Madness, and Baseball, By Nicholas Dawidoff (Pantheon, $24.95)
The Deportees, By Roddy Doyle (Viking, $24.95)
Dogface, By Jeff Garigliano (MacAdam/Cage, $23)
Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. Or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies, By Matt Rothschild (Crown, $23.95)
Enlightenment for Idiots, By Anne Cushman (Shaye Areheart, $24)
Epilogue: A Memoir, By Anne Roiphe (HarperCollins, $24.95)
Finding Nouf, By Zoë Ferraris (Houghton Mifflin, $24)
Gossip of the Starlings, By Nina de Gramont (Algonquin, $22.95)
Knockemstiff, By Donald Ray Pollock (Doubleday, $22.95)
The Learners, By Chip Kidd (Scribner, $26)
Letter to My Daughter, By Maya Angelou (Random House, $25)
Life Class, By Pat Barker (Doubleday, $23.95)
Lush Life, By Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26)
McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld, By Misha Glenny (Knopf, $27.95)
My Revolutions, By Hari Kunzru (Dutton, $25.95)
The Outlander, By Gil Adamson (Ecco, $25.95)
The Soul Thief, By Charles Baxter (Pantheon, $20)
The Spanish Game, By Charles Cumming (St. Martin's, $24.95)
Telex From Cuba, By Rachel Kushner (Scribner, $25)
Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals, By Karen Dawn (Harper, $19.95)
What Happened to Anna K., By Irina Reyn (Simon & Schuster, $24)
What Was Lost, By Catherine O'Flynn (Henry Holt, $14)
The White Tiger, By Aravind Adiga (Free Press, $24)
CDs
@#%&*! Smilers, Aimee Mann (SuperEgo, $16.98)
808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam, $13.98)
Accelerate, R.E.M. (Warner Bros., $18.98)
All Rebel Rockers, Michael Franti & Spearhead (Anti-, $16.99)
Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse, Lou Reed (Matador, $14.98)
Caught in the Trees, Damien Jurado (Secretly Canadian, $14.98)
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Anti-, $17.98)
District Line, Bob Mould (Anti-, $17.98)
Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket (ATO, $13.98)
Fate, Dr. Dog (Park the Van, $15.98)
Fearless, Taylor Swift (Big Machine, $18.98)
The Golden Age, American Music Club (Merge, $15.98)
Love Behind the Melody, Raheem DeVaughn (Jive, $16.97)
Moment of Forever, Willie Nelson (Lost Highway, $13.98)
Narrow Stairs, Death Cab for Cutie (Atlantic, $18.98)
¡Nueva York!, Dan Zanes and Friends (Festival Five, $16.98)
Paper Trail ,T.I. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic, $18.98)
Santogold, Santogold (Downtown/Lizard King, $15.49)
Stay Positive, The Hold Steady (Vagrant, $13.98)
Sunshine Lies, Matthew Sweet (Shout! Factory, $15.98)
Thriller 25, Michael Jackson (Sony/Epic/Legacy, $19.98)
Two Men With the Blues, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note, $18.98)
Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schuba's Tavern, Waco Brothers (Bloodshot, $14.98)
West Texas Wine, Dave Insley (Dave Insley, $12.99)
COMICS
The Alcoholic, By Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel (Vertigo/DC Comics, $19.99)
Bottomless Belly Button, By Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics, $29.99)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight, Volume Two: No Future for You, By Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty and Joss Whedon (Dark Horse, $15.95)
The Complete K Chronicles, By Keith Knight (Dark Horse, $24.95)
Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, By Geoff Johns and Gary Frank (DC Comics, $24.99)
Y: The Last Man #60, By Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra (Vertigo/DC Comics, $4.99)
DVDs
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Not rated (Weinstein, $24.95)
30 Rock: Season 2, Not rated (Universal, $39.98)
The Big Lebowski (10th Anniversary Edition), Rated R (Universal, $19.98)
Control, Rated R (Weinstein, $28.95)
The Darjeeling Limited Rated R (20th Century Fox, $29.99)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Rated PG-13 (Miramax, $29.99)
Flight of the Red Balloon, Not rated (IFC, $24.95)
Iron Man (Ultimate 2-Disc Edition), Rated PG-13 (Paramount, $39.99)
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Rated PG-13 (New Line, $19.98)
Lost Highway, Rated R (Universal, $19.98)
No Country for Old Men, Rated R (Miramax, $29.99)
The Office: Season 4, Not rated (Universal, $49.98)
Persepolis, Rated PG-13 (Sony, $29.95)
Spaced: The Complete Series, Not rated (BBC Warner, $59.98)
There Will Be Blood (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition), Rated R (Paramount, $34.99)
Trafic, Not rated (Criterion, $39.95)
GAMES
Burnout Paradise PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rated Everyone 10+ (Electronic Arts, $29.99)
Civilization Revolution PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rated Everyone 10+ (2K Games, $39.99)
Defend Your Castle Wii; Rated Everyone (XGen Studios, $5)
Fallout 3 PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rated Mature (Bethesda Softworks, $49.99-$59.99)
Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rated Mature (Rockstar, $59.99)
LittleBigPlanet PlayStation 3 Rated Everyone (Sony, $59.99)
Mario Kart Wii Wii; Rated Everyone (Nintendo, $49.99)
Okami Wii; Rated Teen (Capcom, $39.99)
Patapon PlayStation Portable; Rated Everyone (Sony, $19.99)
Rez HD Xbox 360; Rated Everyone (Microsoft/
Q Entertainment, $10)
Rock Band 2 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rated Teen (Electronic Arts, $59.99)
Spore Mac, PC; Rated Everyone 10+ (Electronic Arts/Maxis, $49.99)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii; Rated Teen (Nintendo, $49.99)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rated Mature (Ubisoft, $19.99-$39.99)
Top Spin 3 Multiple platforms; Rated Everyone (2K Sports, $19.99-$49.99)
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