THE LIST: DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores week of Oct. 13

DVDS
  “The Proposal” (PG-13): In this romantic comedy, a bitch-on-wheels book editor (Sandra Bullock) who’s about to be deported drafts her browbeaten assistant (Ryan Reynolds) as her instant fiance, only to get her fish-out-of-water comeuppance when they visit his family in Alaska.
  Elsewhere on the recent-release front, “Spider-Man” director Sam Raimi returns to his sick ’n’ twisted horror roots for “Drag Me to Hell” (PG-13), about a perky bank loan officer (a game Alison Lohman), ordered to evict an old woman from her home, who falls victim to a supernatural curse. “Land of the Lost” (PG-13) revamps the ’70s kid TV favorite, as a crackpot scientist (Will Ferrell) zaps himself back in time. And the documentary “Every Little Step” (PG-13) focuses on the singular sensation that was, and is, the Broadway musical “A Chorus Line.”
  Also arriving today: “Sweet Hereafter” director Atom Egoyan’s acclaimed “Adoration” (R), about a son convinced his late father was a terrorist; “The Haunted Airman” (R), with “Twilight” teenthrob Robert Pattinson as a wheelchair-bound pilot; Las Vegas’ own Matthew Gray Gubler in the spoofy “How to Be a Serial Killer” (R); “Lost’s” Terry O’Quinn in the 1987 chiller “The Stepfather” (R); Blu-Ray Disc editions of “South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut” (R), director Oliver Stone’s cut of “Natural Born Killers” (not rated) and the Jonathan Demme-directed Talking Heads concert classic “Stop Making Sense” (not rated); and the TV transfers (all unrated) “Wuthering Heights,” “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Pat Paulsen’s Half a Comedy Hour,” “Flashpoint: The First Season,” “Legend of the Seeker: The Complete First Season,” “The Hunger: The Complete Second Season,” “Inspector Lewis: Series Two,” “Lovejoy: The Complete Season Six,” “Girlfriends: The Complete Seventh Season,” “The Ultimate Fighter: Season Nine” and “Married... With Children: The Complete 11th Season.”

CDS
  The Flaming Lips, “Embryonic”: The Flaming Lips always have indulged in every whim with the wide-eyed zeal of a bunch of toddlers let loose in the local Toys R Us.
  This goes double for their latest release, literally.
  An epic two-disc set, “Embryonic” is the band’s most expansive record yet, and that’s really saying something for a band enraptured with tangents and inspired asides.
  With guest spots from the likes of MGMT and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, “Embryonic” is a lot to digest from a group that always offers up plenty of food for thought.
  Dig in.
  Also in stores: David Archuleta, “Christmas From the Heart”; Baroness, “Blue Record”; Bowling For Soup, “Sorry for Partyin’ ”; Charlie Daniels, “Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas”; Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & Tame One, “Parallel Uni-Verses”; Neil Diamond, “A Cherry Cherry Christmas”; Bob Dylan; “Christmas in the Heart”; Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Fountain”; Five for Fighting, “Slice”; Har Mar Superstar, “Dark Touches”; Natalie Imbruglia, “Come to Life”; Los Lonely Boys, “1969 (EP)”; Mario, “D.N.A.”; The Roots, “How I Got Over”; The Brian Setzer Orchestra, “Songs From Lonely Avenue”; and SugarLand, “Gold and Green.”

BOOKS
  “Nine Dragons” by Michael Connelly: The latest in the series featuring Harry Bosch finds the LAPD detective investigating the murder of a shop owner. Bosch recruits help from the Asian Gang Unit and soon discovers a connection to a Hong Kong crime ring. Things get personal fast when Bosch receives a video of his daughter being kidnapped in Hong Kong, and he travels to an area known as Nine Dragons to rescue her and take down the lethal Hong Kong triad responsible for her abduction.
  And for the tweeners, Jeff Kinney’s newest installment to the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series is expected out this week. In “Dog Days,” Greg Heffley and his mom are at odds over how he should be spending his summer. He wants to play video games. She wants him to enjoy some family time outside. Meanwhile, a new addition to the Heffley family could change everything.
  Also hitting shelves: “And Another Thing... (Hitchhiker’s Guide Series No. 6)” by Eoin Colfer; “Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small” by Rita Mae Brown; “Chronic City” by Jonathan Lethem; “Deep Kiss of Winter” by Kresley Cole; “Dracula: The Un-Dead” by Dacre Stoker; “Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters” by Chesley B. Sullenberger; “House of Reckoning” by John Saul; “Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals” by Jamie Oliver; “Jumper Cable (Xanth, Book 33)” by Piers Anthony; “Moon River and Me: A Memoir” by Andy Williams; “Moon: Collector’s Edition” by Stephenie Meyer; “Pursuit of Honor” by Vince Flynn; “Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New You” by Deepak Chopra; and “Twilight Saga Journals” by Stephenie Meyer.