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Shop Online at WH Smiths, UK: WH Smiths Online Offers Books, Music, Games, Video, DVD and More... - Topsy and Tim: Start School It's always scary starting school for the first time. Here you can follow Topsy and Tim as they learn where to hang their coats find out all about the classroom and make new friends. ... Neorealism and Neoliberalism The Contemporary Debate This study constructs various theories of post-Cold War world politics. It presents the Realist position which asks whether the end of the Cold War brings a higher risk of military conflict as well as the Institutional view which argues that international co-operation is now possible. ... Yellow Submarine - (DVD) All aboard for the trip of your life. Need we say more? ... Middlesex This is the tale of a gene that passes down through three generations and flowers in the teenage body of Callie. Thanks to this gene she begins to realise she is part girl part boy. What results is a fable of the intricacies of gender and the untidy promptings of desire. ... Bean The Ultimate Disaster Movie - (VHS) Rowan Atkinson's most famous character makes it to the big screen in this comedy disaster. Mr Bean works for The Royal National Gallery in London when a gallery in the US wants to buy one of the most expensive paintings in the world. This is a good time for Bean's employers to get rid of him. ... HORSE WHISPERER - (VHS) Adapted from the international best-seller by Nicholas Evans Robert Redford’s film of The Horse Whisperer is an epic affair. Redford has already proved himself as a competent director with the excellent Quiz Show and The Horse Whisperer paints a lavishly beautiful portrait of the West. This is the contemporary West of course and a love story rather than a violent horse-opera. As is the Hollywood norm the story centres around a seemingly impossible relationship. She is a brisk New Yorker he is a rugged ranch owner. They meet through tragedy: Her daughter is involved in an accident that leaves her and her horse both physically and emotionally scarred. He – a man who can “whisper” to horses and regain their trust - is Her only hope… The leads are attractive: He is Robert Redford She is Kristin Scott Thomas and the scenery surpasses them both soaked in silhouettes and sunsets. The film is romantic and moody and will linger long in the memory after viewing. Click Here for Widescreen Version Directed by Robert Redford Written by Eric Roth and Richard LaGravenese Starring: Robert redford Kristen Scott Thomas Sam Neil Dianne Wiest Scarlett Johnasson Chris Cooper. Running Time: 162 min. approx. Cert: PG ...
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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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