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M*A*S*H

Blu-ray ($34.99)

Amazon B0024HH32A

Director Robert Altman’s audaciously irreverent Korean War satire raised eyebrows when it was released in 1970—and went on to win numerous awards, spawn a hit TV series and become enshrined as a movie classic. Now, nearly 40 years later, it retains every bit of its bloody, comedic bite as two Mobile Army Surgical Hospital surgeons (Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland) cut up in and out of the operating room. Bonus features include an interactive guide, commentary, several documentaries and a reunion of the memorable cast, which also featured Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman and Tom Skerritt.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Obsolete

By Anna Jane Grossman

Hardcover, 192 pages ($20.95)

Amazon 0810978490

Ever get the feeling life is passing you by? Well, it is—at alarming speed! This clever, cheeky and captivating little book takes a playful (and sometimes painfully true) look at car cigarette lighters, cursive writing, girdles, lickable stamps, pay phones, slide projectors, video stores and more than 120 other once-indispensable objects, services and conventions that are going bye-bye fast, if not already gone.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Earth

Blu-ray + DVD ($39.99)

Amazon B001UV4XWE

Stunning hi-def photography from around the world brings you alongside three animal “families” in this dazzling Disneynature documentary about polar bears, whales and elephants following the seasonal cycles of migration that define their lives. Taking you to places that few humans ever see—under the sea, across barren deserts and atop floating sheets of ice—“Earth” is a treat for animal lovers and an eye-popping portrait of the extraordinary array of life that calls our planet home.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

New York Yankees 365

Foreword by Don Mattingly

Hardcover, 744 pages ($29.95)

Amazon 0810982617

Baseball fans can open a new page of colorful Yankee history and highlights, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter, for every day of the year with this bountiful collection of photos from the archives of the Associated Press. Former first baseman Don Mattingly, one of the most celebrated Yankees of all time, provides the introduction and recalls the pride, professionalism and tradition that goes with the famous pinstripes.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

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