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WHSmith UK: Shopping Online at WHSmiths UK Is So Easy! - Shapes Shapes is a timeless collection of 12 beautifully adapted classical and classically inspired musical pieces featuring Dominic Miller's intricate and distinctive guitar work. ... Moulin Rouge (2001) - (VHS) Modern musical based around the famous Parisian nightclub with a superb soundtrack and outstanding performances by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. The lavish sets and digital enhancement are very pleasing on the eye a modern classic. ... Tigger Movie - (DVD) The first Winnie The Pooh film to hit the big screen for twenty-three years The Tigger Movie reunites A.A. Milne's classic characters for a story in which the bouncing tiger goes in search of his family in the Hundred Acre Wood. Boing. Surprisingly charming if rather frenetic for a Winnie the Pooh film The Tigger Movie for all its added bounce is still a rather old-fashioned affair. The plot is fairly simple as Pooh Piglet Rabbit and Roo try to prepare a winter home for Eyeore Tigger's bouncing antics seem to get in the way at every turn. Prompted by a suggestion to find other tiggers to bounce with Tigger (or tiggr to his friends) wanders off to find more of his kind. The film is more homely than some of Disney's recent efforts. Drenched in Autumnal shades and delicately sketched characters. Those who are still horrified by Disney's Americanisation of Milne's quintessentially British characters will probably not converted by this but for those who have grown up with the Disney versions this instalment will be a must. DVD Version Widescreen: 1.66:1 Stereo: Dolby Digital 5.1 (English)/ Dolby Digital 2.0 (Hebrew/Greek) Subtitles: English for the hearing impared Greek Special Features Read Along story Two Games (Matching Game Create Your Family Tree) Trivia Quiz ... Allen Carr's Easyweigh to Lose Weight Allen Carr applies his method for giving up smoking to the questions of diet and weight control. The book essentially concentrates on a psychological method and includes chapters on chocolate fruit and processed food. ... Spook's Apprentice A wonderful and terrifying series by a new writer about a young boy training to be an exorcist. Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard the Spook is distant and many apprentices have failed before Thomas. Somehow Thomas must learn how to exorcise ghosts contain witches and bind boggarts. But when he is tricked into freeing Mother Malkin the most evil witch in the County the horror begins . . . ... Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone (WS) (DVD) The magical world of Harry Potter is brought to the small screen. Lavish sets likeable stars and stunning special effects bring J.K. Rowling's story to life as director Chris Columbus stays true to the spirit of the book first in the brilliant series about the boy wizard. Special Features (You'll need to solve some Harry-related riddles in order to access some of the special features!) Tour of Hogwarts Tour of Diagon Alley Production Sketches Class Yearbook - Character and Hogwarts Highlights Guide to the Ghosts Quaffle and Bludgers - the rules of Quidditch Catch-the-Snitch Challenge Sorting Hat - Description of the Houses Potions Dark Arts Transfiguration & Spells Classes Professor Biographies Wizard Cards DVD-Rom features and weblinks Dolby Surround 5.1 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen The widescreen version will appear in letterbox format on TV screens but retains most of the original cinematic picture. The fullscreen version crops some of the picture but appears in normal ratio on television screens. (c) 2002 Warner Home video. (c) 2001 Warner Bros. Harry Potter characters names and related indicia are trademarks of and (c) Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved. Harry Potter Publishing Rights (c) J.K. Rowling. ...
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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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