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Latest DVDs, CDs, books: October 30

A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:

DVDs

“The Campaign” (R): Just in time for Election Day comes this comedy about a nerdy tourism director (Zach Galifianakis) who challenges an incumbent congressman (Will Ferrell) in one of the dirtiest races you’ll ever see.

Elsewhere, a struggling novelist (Paul Dano) finally creates the perfect character, only to have her show up in the flesh (Zoe Kazan), in the comedy “Ruby Sparks” (R). And three Seattle magazine employees investigate a man who believes he’s capable of time travel in the comedy “Safety Not Guaranteed” (R), starring Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson and Mark Duplass.

Topping today’s TV transfers: “Copper: Season One,” “Metalocalypse: Season Four,” “Streets of San Francisco: The Complete Fifth Season,” “My Favorite Martian: Season Three” and “Dave’s World Season Three.”

CDs

Toby Keith, “Hope on the Rocks”: Sample song titles: “I Like Girls That Drink Beer,” “Haven’t Had a Drink All Day,” “Cold Beer Country,” “Beers Ago.”

Hmmm, wonder what sort of activities one should engage in while listening to the new Toby Keith record?

If your answer was to macrame a sock monkey, you’re correct!

Also in stores: Black Country Communion, “Afterglow”; Cody ChestnuTT , “Landing on a Hundred”; The Coup, “Sorry to Bother You”; Dada Life, “The Rules of Dada”; Flyleaf, “New Horizons”; Macy Gray, “Talking Book”; Calvin Harris, “18 Months”; Meek Mill, “Dreams and Nightmares”; Neurosis, “Honor Found in Decay”; Parkway Drive, “Atlas”; Rusted Root, “The Movement”; Rod Stewart, “Merry Christmas, Baby”; Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)”; West End Motel, “Only Time Can Tell”; and Neil Young & Crazy Horse, “Psychedelic Pill.”

BOOKS

“The Sanctuary” by Ted Dekker: Danny Hansen, a priest imprisoned in California for killing two abusive men, must find a way to escape after the woman he loves begins receiving threats, including a bloody finger.

And Anne Perry adds to the holiday offerings with “A Christmas Garland,” in which an innocent man is accused of murder in 1857 India.

Also hitting shelves: “Bruce” by Peter Ames Carlin; “Elsewhere” by Richard Russo; “A Gift of Hope: Helping the Homeless” by Danielle Steel; “The Giving Quilt” by Jennifer Chiaverini; “Iced” by Karen Marie Moning; “The Richard Burton Diaries” by Richard Burton; “Ruins” by Orson Scott Card; “The Sins of the Mother” by Danielle Steel; “The Walnut Tree: A Holiday Tale” by Charles Todd; and “A Winter Dream” by Richard Paul Evans.

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