Fantastic Mr. Fox soundtrack

CD ($13.98)



The movie, a delightfully quirky animated adventure based on a popular children�s book, bops along to an eclectic soundtrack that stirs together the Beach Boys, Burl Ives, the TV theme to �Davy Crockett,� the Rolling Stones and Bobby Fuller. Mix in several snazzy original compositions by French composer Alexandre Desplat and you�ve got a tasty serving of wide-ranging sound with something for just about everyone�s ears.

Neil Pond, American Profile



John Denver�Around the World Live

DVD ($59.98)



The beloved �Rocky Mountain High� singer-songwriter died in 1997. But his music and memory live on in this comprehensive 5-DVD collection of live international performances from 1977 to 1986, plus eight songs from three Farm Aid appearances and a pair of hour-long documentaries on Denver�s lifelong environmental passions.

Neil Pond, American Profile



Planet Ape

By Desmond Morris with Steve Parker

Hardcover, 288 pages ($49.95)



Morris, a world-famous British zoologist and author, has spent more than half a century studying and reporting about primates. This colorful, lavishly illustrated look at all kinds of apes, from all sorts of angles, takes you inside a realm that�s shrinking every year as man-made development encroaches ever further into their habitats. This book won�t make you a monkey�s uncle, but it will certainly open your eyes anew to the world of humankind�s closest animal relatives.

Neil Pond, American Profile



The Best of Spike Jones

DVD ($29.98)



In a TV era before cable (heck, even before color), bandleader Spike Jones and his off-kilter orchestra of merry mayhem-makers kept audiences in stitches with musical parodies punctuated by gun shots, hiccups, fog horns and other unexpected sounds. If you�re familiar with his madcap masterpieces (like �You Only Hurt the One You Love� and �My Old Flame�), you�ll get a real kick out these 60 zany performances culled from Jones� 1954-61 network series. If you�ve never been treated to his brand of wackiness, you�re in for a real rib-tickling, toe-tapping retro treat.

Neil Pond, American Profile