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WHSonline, UK: Shopping Online at WHS Online Is So Easy! - Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (VHS) Stunning screen adaptation of the first book in Tolkien's epic fantasy series. Absolutely not just for fans of the books. The characters such as Frodo (Elijah Wood) Gandalf (Ian McKellan) Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Saruman (Christopher Lee) are brilliantly realised while director Peter Jackson handles the set-pieces with style and authority. ... Diabetes at Your Fingertips Covering all aspects of living with diabetes this fully revised book gives details of recent advances in equipment drugs and new forms of insulin. It also contains new sections on memory loss exercising skin conditions and intercurrent illnesses. ... Counselling for Toads A Psychological Adventure In this sequel to Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' Toad is found in a depressed state and his friends Rat Mole and Badger are worried he 'might do something silly'. They decide he must have counselling and the scenario is used by the author to demonstrate the counselling process. Heron the counsellor uses the language and ideas of transactional analysis. Through the dialogues which make up the ten sessions or chapters of the book Toad learns to analyze his own feelings and develop his emotional intelligence. He meets his 'rebellious child' and his 'adult' and by the end of the book as debonair as ever is setting out on a new adventure. Intended for those approaching counselling for the first time whether as student or client or for the professional counsellor looking for something to recommend the reader should learn about him or herself and be encouraged to take the path of psychological growth and development. ... Sister Act - (DVD) A singer is forced to seek sanctuary in a convent away from the Mob. Her singing talents help her to re-organise the tone-deaf choir but the ensuing publicity puts her safety in jeopardy. ... Tractor Tom 3 - New Scarecrow And Other Stories No matter what the problem or the job to be done It's Tractor Tom who saves the day with heaps of fun and adventure along the way! Tractor Tom The New Scarecrow and other stories contains another 5 exciting and fun filled episodes from Springhill Farm... ... Pearl Harbor (2001) - (VHS) Romantic triangle set against the backdrop of the Pearl Harbor bombings. Ben Affleck Kate Beckinsale and Josh Hartnet provide a good-looking central trio while Armageddon director Michael Bay makes the explosions look almost as pretty. Following the Titanic formula to the letter Michael Bay's action thriller take on one of the most notorious incidents in American history is long pretty and wrapped around a romantic triangle. Criticised in some quarters for trivialising historical events the film could certainly benefit from some grit beneath its gloss. However viewed purely as an entertainment it delivers impressively well. The actual bombing of Pearl Harbor is used as the film's centrepiece a long - almost real time - recreation of the events. Here the film is at its very best. The special effects are astonishing and the focus broadens to encompass reactions on all sides. Unfortunately this is preceded by a rather lumpen romance diverting the attention to a fairly conventional love triangle between Jock-like Ben Affleck jock-like Josh Hartnett and English-rose-hiding-behind-an-accent Kate Beckinsale. This all looks very nice there's lots of slow motion expressive lighting and shots which make the three leads look very attractive but the dialogue is often hilariously bad which undercuts much of the emotional tension. After the bombing raid the film continues to show the American retaliation bombing. However this too seems ill-advised feeling - although based on genuine events - like an attempt at a happy ending of all things. However ultimately the film delivers exactly what you would expect from the director of Armageddon. Unsubtle heart tugging big bangs and pretty visuals. It works on its own level but don't make the mistake of taking it as seriously as the events on which it is based deserve. ...
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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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