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WHSmithOnline Book Shop, UK: Books, Music, Stationery and More. Explore WHSmithOnline Online Book Shop Today! - Legend Of Sleepy Hollow - (DVD) There's a new schoolteacher at Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane. His Manners and education appeal to the wies and daughters in the hamlet but his strange looks make the men suspicious. Ichabod has such a high opinion of himself that he tries to Woo Katrina Van Tassel the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest farmer in the district who everyone in the community thinks should marry the handsome blacksmith Brom Bones... ... Scimitar SL2 The world's most renowned volcanologist mysteriously disappears after a lecture on geophysical catastrophes. Two policemen are found brutally executed on the steps of London's nearby Albert Hall. Then Mount St Helen's suddenly and inexplicably erupts in Washington State leaving a wake of death and destruction. The new liberal administration in the White House ignores these apparent coincidences but the retired Admiral Morgan former National Security Adviser to the President and Lt. Jimmy Ramshawe are shocked into action. Only a missile launched from a nuclear submarine could have had the power to blow up the volcano. Is this the fabled HAMAS terrorist Major Ray Kerman at work again? Their suspicions are quickly confirmed by a HAMAS ultimatum: Total military evacuation of the Middle East or the terrible threat of a mega-tsunami - the greatest tidal wave in 4000 years of world history. Both men know immediately what that means: the volcano Cumbre Vieja glowering over the island La Palma in the Canaries. A nuclear missile such as Kerman's brand-new state-of-the-art Scimitar SL-2 launched straight at the heart of the volcano would explode the mountain into the Atlantic oc ... Collins Complete Woodworker's Manual This guide covers topics such as: woodworking tools; raw materials; techniques and constructions; veneering and marquetry; and use of glass metal and leather with wood. ... Johnny Angel Johnny Peterson was the kind of lad who could light up a room and inspire the best in everyone he met. Then one night he was killed by a car. Appearing only to his withdrawn younger brother and his grief-stricken mother Johnny's appearances as an angel will change the lives of everyone. ... Evelyn - (DVD) Based on true events Evelyn tells the true story of Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) and his young children Evelyn Maurice and Dermot. Struggling to raise his kids alone in Ireland in 1953 Doyle is devastated when the power of the Church and the Irish courts takes his children away and puts them in orphanages. Vowing to reunite his family he enlists the help of his friends and together they attempt to do what has never been done before - challenge a law before the Irish Supreme Court. Doyle's fight tokeep his family intact becomes an uplifting testament to a father's love and the power of the human spirit. ... One Minute Manager The leaders of American and Japanese industry have made this book compulsory reading for all their managers. You can’t afford to miss out. ...
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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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