How to get rid of the title bar at the bottom

1. Create copy of your catalog template
copy "/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product/list.phtml" to "/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product/list_without_bottom_caption.phtml"

2. remove this line from bottom of "list_without_bottom_caption.phtml" template
< ? php echo $this->getToolbarHtml() ?>
- this line usually at the end of catalog template

3. Then you call module block specify this template, ie:
{block ...... template="catalog/product/list_without_bottom_caption.phtml" ...}

How to specify display mode for home selection block

In the version 0.2 of HomeSelection was added "Display mode" configuration parameter. This parameter also can be specified inside "{ block ..}" statement and can accept the following values - 'grid', 'list'. For example:
{block type="homeselection/list" ..... display_mode="grid" }