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DVDS

"Grindhouse Presents Death Proof: Extended and Unrated" (Unrated): This is Quentin Tarantino's half of "Grindhouse," the homage to '70s-style exploitation flicks. It has about 30 minutes more footage and several featurettes.

Also out today: "We Are Marshall" (PG); "Gracie" (PG-13); "Cruising: Deluxe Edition" (R); "The Flying Scotsman" (PG-13); "Lucky You" (PG-13); "Two Weeks" (R); "The Valet" (PG-13); "Brooklyn Rules" (R); "The Condemned" (R); and "Saturday Night Fever: 30th Anniversary Special Collector's Edition" (R).

CDS

James Blunt, "All the Lost Souls": Your mom has had a crush on James Blunt for two years now, as the Brit piano man is like Justin Timberlake for the post-post-teen set.

His starry-eyed ballad "You're Beautiful" turned millions of legs to gelatin, and Blunt surely will do more of the same on his sophomore LP, "All the Lost Souls."

Produced by Tom Rothrock, who worked closely with sorely missed troubadour Elliott Smith, the disc adds a heightened introspective edge to Blunt's heart-melting repertoire.

Ladies, prepare to get "Lost."

Also in stores: Bee Gees, "Greatest"; Jamie Cullum/Various, "In the Mind of Jamie Cullum"; The Donnas, "Bitchin'''; Gloria Estefan, "90 Millas"; Mary Gauthier, "Between Daylight and Dark"; Emmylou Harris, "Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems"; Sarah Johns, "Big Love in a Small Town"; Mark Knopfler, "Kill to Get Crimson"; Diana Krall, "The Very Best of Diana Krall"; Barry Manilow, "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies"; Scott Matthews, "Passing Stranger"; Reba McEntire, "Duets"; Paul Potts, "One Chance"; KT Tunstall, "Drastic Fantastic"; and Eddie Vedder, "Music for the Motion Picture 'Into the Wild.'"

BOOKS

"The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" (Penguin) by Alan Greenspan: The former Federal Reserve chairman reflects on challenges he faced and the changes he witnessed during his 18-year tenure, from the 1987 stock market crash to the 2001 terror attacks to his retirement in 2006.

Also out today: "Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)" (Penguin) by Dave Barry; "When You Need a Lift: But Don't Want to Eat Chocolate, Pay a Shrink, or Drink a Bottle of Gin" (Crown) by Joy Behar; "Dead Heat" (Penguin) by Dick Francis; "The Bone Garden" (Random House) by Tess Gerritsen; and "Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism" (Penguin) by Jenny McCarthy.

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