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WH Smiths Online Store: Shopping Online at WH Smiths UK Is So Easy! - Lonely Planet New York City Providing far-reaching coverage of the sights hotels and restaurants in New York City this guide also features: background history; colour maps of the neighbourhoods and transportation system; and information on the museums architecture and nightlife. ... Reader's Digest' Book of British Birds The Authoritative Guide A revised edition of the classic illustrated guide to 217 bird species commonly found in Britain. There are also entries for a further 117 rarer species. Readers will find out how to identify birds by shape colour and flight action as well as learning about their evolution and navigation systems. ... Chorus Line - (DVD) Based on the Broadway show the story follows a group of young dancers auditioning for parts. Soundtrack includes such songs as 'What I Did For Love' 'Dance 10 Looks 3' and 'Surprise Surprise'. ... No Dress Rehearsal Lizzie hasn't realised that she's dead yet. She can't understand why everyone is ignoring her when all she wants is a little sympathy. She has been in an accident after all. Next day at work she meets two spirits who've been sent to break the news. ... Lyra's Oxford A bundle of material has somehow slipped between Lyra's universe and our own including another short tale from a just after the end of 'The Amber Spyglass'. Sitting on the roofs of Oxford Lyra sees a storm petrel the daemon of a witch pursued by other birds and a mystery unfolds. ... Wee Free Men Up on the chalk downs they call The Wold witches are banned but as all witches know chalk's no good for magic anyway. Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching might have been a witch but since she's dead it's up to Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening. ...
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WHSmith - The Leading UK Retailer. Books, Stationery, Games, DVD & Video...and more!
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WHSmith (WHS) is one of the UK's leading retail groups incorporating market leading companies in retail, publishing and news distribution. The Group has 1,464 stores world-wide, 30,747 employees in 12 countries and sales of some £2.9bn.
WHSmith is the UK's number one family retailer selling a range of products that extends across education, entertainment and information. Each year WHSmith High Street stores sell enough pens to circle the earth; enough books to fill a library shelf from London to Edinburgh; and enough paper to write a letter to everyone in the world. WH Smith also sell 122 million magazines and newspapers each year - enough to make a pile 69 times taller than Mount Everest.
The first High Street store was a small news vendor opened in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street, London, by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna. Today, WHSmith has 545 High Street stores, covering over 3 million square feet of selling space and employing 17,000 staff. Clubcard, the Company's loyalty scheme, has more than 5 million members.
Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery form the core of the High Street business. WHSmith sell more books than any other retailer in England, Scotland and Wales. For example, one in three copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were bought from WHSmith in the first weekend of release. WHSmith promote new authors with their Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of Clubcard.
WHSmith's major stores stock more than 45,000 product lines, whereas an average food supermarket carries around 10,000 lines.
WHSmith currently holds a strong market share in each of the core categories in which it trades - books, stationery, news, magazines and entertainment. WH Smith's strategy is to exploit the strength, power and potential of the WHSmith brand to provide the very best service and value for money for their customers, shareholders and wider community.
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World Book Encyclopedia 2010
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