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WH. Smith UK: The Leading UK Book Shop - Online! Books, Stationery, Music, Video and More... - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) The fifth book in the series begins with the words: “The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large square houses of Privet Drive … The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four.” Later in the novel J K Rowling writes: “Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. ‘It is time’ he said ‘for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.’” ... Fistful Of Dollars - (DVD) The first of the Spaghetti westerns a Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme with unremitting violence gritty realism and tonge-in-check humour....... ... Les Miserables London Cast The original London cast recording of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg's musical version of Victor Hugo's epic revolutionary tale. This is by far the best Les Mis cast recording both knocking the socks of and featuring material not contained in the Broadway cast recording. A must for every Cd collection. Featuring Colm Wilkinson Roger Allan Patti LuPone Frances Ruffelle and Michael Ball. Tracklisting: Work Song Valjean Arrested Valjean Forgiven What Have I Done? At The End Of The Day I Dreamed A Dream Lovely Ladies Who Am I? Come To Me Confrontation Castle On A Cloud Master Of The House Thenardier Waltz Stars Look Down Little People Red And Black Do You Hear The People Sing? I Saw Him Once In My Life A Heart Full Of Love Plumet Attack One Day More On My Own The Attack Drink With Me A Little Fall Of Rain Drink With Me Bring Him Home Dog Eats Dog Javert's Suicide: Soliloquy Turning Empty Chairs At Empty Tables Wedding Chorale Beggars At The Feast Finale ... The Sims Unleashed A new expansion pack for The Sims featuring the usual new career paths (such as vet and circus performer) objects and skins but most importantly an entire new neighbourhood with a virtual pet store for your Sims to purchase new furry friends. The pack also introduces gardening to the Sims' world. ... Parker Frontier Transluscent Black Fountain Pen The Frontier fountain pen has three nib styles four nib grades and three calligraphy nibs giving a wide selection of strong resilient nibs. For ease of use it has a superb ink control and flow from the twin channel feed and collector system. Its push fit cap fits securely minimising the ink from drying out when capped. The cap is ventilated meeting safety standards. It is suitable for use with Quink ink cartrdges or bottled ink. ... Tiger In The Well The Sally Lockhart's life is about to change - or rather someone has already changed it. Sally's history has been altered and her baby daughter Harriet is suddenly no longer hers. To save Harriet Sally must abandon her comfortable existence and hide - until it's time to fight back. ...
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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 2011
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