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WHSmith Online Book Shop, UK: Shopping At WHSmith for Books and Music Is So Easy! - Hits 58 Here it is! The next installation of the Hits series. Once again we bring you some of the biggest hits around. With tracks from Kylie Minogue jamelia Westlife Missy Elliot Will Young and Alicia Keys. ... Have I Got News For You Guest Presenters - (DVD) The best of the guest presenters hosting the television programme 'Have I Got News For You'. Features the shows presented by Boris Johnson Martin Clunes William Hague and Bruce Forsyth. Also includes a bonus disc featuring a double length version of the Boris Johnson show. ... Make the Grade Chemistry Revision guide Edexcel AS/A2 modular 'Make the Grade Chemistry' is a complete revision course covering each of the topics in the Edexcel AS and A Level Chemistry specifications. Each topic is dealt with in the same detailed and comprehensive format. The book provides students with a bank of questions for further practice. ... Big Lebowski - (VHS) Unemployed "Dude" real name Jeff Lebowski is accosted by two men in his home after they mistake him for a millionaire of the same name. After the thugs ruin his carpet Dude along with friend Walter head off to visit Dude's namesake to get some compensation. A classic Coen brothers comedy/thriller. ... Dreamweaver MX 2008 for Dummies Dreamweaver is the award-winning industry standard for website and web application development and this manual provides an easy way for readers to grasp the basics and get going with it. The book covers: the key features of Dreamweaver including Dreamweaver basics designing a well-planned site co-ordinating the design work; adding graphics; framing pages; formatting text; adding interactivity; working with multimedia files; and building a dynamic site. ... HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - (DVD) Douglas Adams' classic sci-fi comedy finally makes it to DVD. Two discs containing all six episode plus life the universe and everything. Revisiting the BBC television series of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy in the wake of Douglas Adams' death is a sobering experience. Painfully funny - as always - but almost tragically sad. Anything by Adams was always worth seeking out but the idea that he will not be producing any more is tantamount to tragedy - albeit in a somewhat selfish sense. Maudlin thoughts aside - and the program is meant to be enjoyed not mourned - the series stands up brilliantly well today. Certainly the special effects have aged somewhat but if anything that simply adds charm. The script and the cast are spot on - particularly Peter Jones as the voice of the book itself. Given the series genesis from radio series to the page to the television screen this was Adams' third attempt with the same material. The limitations of visualising everything notwithstanding the series works splendidly and considering that the feature film version still (at time of writing at least) hasn't surfaced this is the best representation of the series we're likely to get. While some claim that the Guide itself was the original form of the world wide web we all use today none can deny the effect that the series (and the books and radio series - all of which are essential) had on British culture. "Don't Panic" "42" "Dish of the Day" and the "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster" have all either taken on new meanings or found themselves lodged in the nations subconscious. Characters such as Zaphod Beeblebrox Arthur Dent and Marvin the paranoid android are unforgettable creations while Adams' skewed reasoning behind the ultimate question of life the universe and everything makes curious sense. Douglas Adams will be sorely missed but his legacy is rich and glorious. Wallow in it and don't panic. DVD Version (2 Discs) Full screen: 4:3 Stereo: Dolby Digital 2.0 (English) Mono: Original soundtrack Special Features Introduction by Peter Jones Filmed Live at the NFT The Making of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Directed by Kevin Davies Cast Interviews Stills Out-takes Convention Footage 'Making Of the Hitchhiker's Radio Series' Deleted Scenes Full Length Douglas Adams Interview - (Audio) Tomorrow's World 1981 Report on Zaphod Beeblebrox's Animatronic Head Footage Featuring Animator Rod Lord & Director Alan Bell Full Version of Opening Titles ...
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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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