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WHSmith UK: The Leading UK Bookstore - Online! Books, Stationery, Music, Video and More... - Dreaming The Eagle In AD 60 Boudica war leader of the Eceni led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance. This book recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages recounting her journey to adulthood. ... Scissor Sisters This is the debut album from five piece New York outfit Scissor Sisters. Formed by lead singer Jake Shears and multi-instrumentalist Babydaddy the band play a bizarre mix of New York punk and glam rock while being heavily influenced by the likes of Roxy Music and David Bowie through to Giorgio Moroder and even rock operas. The singles 'Laura' and the Pink Floyd cover 'Comfortably Numb' are also included. ... Change Your Life in Seven Days Learn how to master your emotions and run your own brain how to have supreme self-confidence and become the person you really want to be. This title from Paul McKenna author of 'Unlimited Power' provides strategies and techniques for effective self-improvement. ... Club Football: Real Madrid (PS2) The crowd roars as you take to the pitch beside Raúl Zidane Ronaldo Figo Beckham and the rest of the squad. It’s matchday at the Bernabéu Stadium and you’re Real’s newest hero. It’s time to play for the greatest team the world has ever seen. ... Greatest Hits This is the second greatest hits package to be released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers but their first from Warner since their departure from EMI at the end of the eighties. The album features tracks from their four studio albums 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' 'One Hot Minute' 'Californication' and 'By The Way' showcasing the bands ever popular P-Funk inspired rock. ... Autobiography of a Geisha The glamorous world of Kyoto's geisha is familiar to many readers. This autobiography presents a different view one that bears little resemblance to the elegant geisha at a hot-springs resort where the realities of sex for sale were unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Masuda was sent to work as a nursemaid at the age of six and was sold to a geisha house at the age of 12. In accordance with tradition she first worked as a servant while training in the arts of dance song shamisen and drum. In 1940 when she was 16 she made her debut as a geisha. Very few geisha have written their memoirs preferring to fade into obscurity. Although she had never gone to school and could barely write Masuda undertook to set down her story. Motivated by the desire to tell the truth about life as a geisha she responded to a national magazine contest - and won. The article later grew into a book. Remarkable for its wit and frankness the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society - and in the words of the translator is 'the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favoured yet never defeated'. ...
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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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