The List: Latest DVDs, CDs, books, Sept. 17

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

DVDs

"The Cabin in the Woods" (R): Five college friends (led by "Thor's" Chris Hemsworth and "Dollhouse's" Fran Kranz) are terrorized during a weekend getaway, but all is not as it seems in this horror send-up from co-writer Joss Whedon.

Elsewhere, seven Brits (including Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith) adjust to retirement life in India in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (PG-13). "Katy Perry The Movie: Part of Me" (PG) follows the entertainer onstage and off. And Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rupert Everett star in "Hysteria" (R), a Victorian-era romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator.

Topping today's TV transfers: "Modern Family: The Complete Third Season," "The Mentalist: The Complete Fourth Season," "Hawaii Five-O: The Second Season," "Supernatural: The Complete Seventh Season," "Body of Proof: Season Two," "Suburgatory: The Complete First Season," "Army Wives: Season Six, Part One," "Rawhide: The Complete Fifth Season" and "Get A Life: The Complete Series."

CDs

Pink, "The Truth About Love": It's been a while since we heard from pop's pre-eminent pitbull.

Pink is the kind of lady who'd rather bite your tongue than her own. So when she comes with a new record, it's always a candid, cathartic affair. And that's the "Truth."

Also in stores: alt-J, "An Awesome Wave"; Band of Horses, "Mirage Rock"; Big & Rich, "Hillbilly Jedi"; Easton Corbin, "All Over the Road"; Dinosaur Jr., "I Bet On Sky"; Down, "Down IV Part 1 - The Purple EP"; drivin' n' cryin', "Songs about Cars, Space and The Ramones"; Ben Folds Five, "The Sound of the Life of the Mind"; Nelly Furtado, "The Spirit Indestructible"; Grizzly Bear, "Shields"; James Iha, "Look to the Sky"; Carly Rae Jepsen, "Kiss"; Keane, "Upstairs at United"; Kid Koala, "12 Bit Blues"; Kid606, "Lost in the Game"; The Killers, "Battle Born"; Kreayshawn, "Somethin 'Bout Kreay"; Local H, "Hallelujah! I'm a Bum"; Aimee Mann, "Charmer"; Brad Mehldau Trio, "Where Do You Start"; Menomena, "Moms"; Maceo Parker, "Soul Classics"; Sean Paul, "Tomahawk Technique"; Robert Pollard, "Jack Sells the Cow"; Martin Solveig, "Smash"; The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "Meat & Bone"; Corin Tucker Band, "Kill My Blues"; The Whigs, "Enjoy the Company"; and Dwight Yoakam, "3 Pears."

BOOKS

"Winter of the World" by Ken Follett: This historical epic picks up where "Fall of Giants" leaves off, continuing the story of five families through the rise of the Third Reich, the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

Also this week, in "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown, Bellamy Lyston's best-selling novel based on her older sister's murder more than a decade earlier makes her the target of a stalker.

Also hitting shelves: "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak over Your Life" by Joel Osteen; "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" by Salman Rushdie; "Kicking and Dreaming" by Ann and Nancy Wilson; "Life After Death" by Damien Echols; "The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down" by Andrew McCarthy; "Midst Toil and Tribulation" by David Weber; "My Mother Was Nuts" by Penny Marshall; "The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court" by Jeffrey Toobin; "The Raven Boys" by Maggie Stiefvater; "San Miguel" by T.C. Boyle; "Seconds Away" by Harlan Coben; and "Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods.

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