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WHSmithOnline UK: The Leading UK Bookstore - Online! Books, Stationery, Music, Video and More... - The Naked Chef Jamie Oliver is Britain's most talented exciting and unpretentious young chef. Charismatic streetwise and passionate about food Jamie started cooking when he was eight and has worked with many of the biggest names in British cooking. In The Naked Chef Jamie has applied his 'strip it bare then make it work principle' to all his meals - from salads to roasts desserts to pastas - and has created a foolproof repertoire of simple feisty and delicious recipes which combine bold flavours with fresh ingredients. At the same time he avoids culinary jargon and any complicated time-consuming process that isn't justified by the end results. This is a book that will appeal to everyone; from those who want great modern food but also want to keep things simple to those who want to prepare fantastic meals but don't have the time to spend all night cooking. The Naked Chef is all about giving people confidence and getting them to feel at ease in the kitchen and the meals Jamie makes are ones that anyone - even a kitchenophobe - can make themselves and will be as delicious when cooked at home as they are mouthwatering on the screen. ... Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody Following on from the bestselling parody of the 'Lord of the Rings' comes a new even more shameless parody of the other major pop-culture event of our times: Harry Potter. ... Our Kid The Funny and Heartwarming Story of a Northern Childhood This autobiographical novel tells of how Billy Hopkins lived happily with his large Catholic family on the outskirts of Manchester. When war came Billy was evacuated to Blackpool and when he returned home some cruel blows were dealt to his family although they didn't destroy his fighting spirit. ... Language of Shakespeare Student's Book Student's book Literacy in Context is an up-to-date flexible and affordable programme for teaching about grammar and English language at Key Stage 3. The course adopts the methodology of the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching English and promotes a unique six-step approach to learning about language. The author team comprises experienced well-respected names in English teaching as well as practising classroom teachers. All the materials have practical application in the classroom with the language features very clearly defined and practised in context. The course provides text types specified by the revised curriculum and tailor-made resources including lesson plans writing frames assessment models for target setting and text extracts for reading and analysis. The comprehensive support offered by Literacy in Context gives both experienced and newly qualified teachers confidence to deliver the National Literacy Strategy alongside the demands of the National Curriculum 2000. ... Rio Bravo - (DVD) On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous sidekick from jail.On the othe is Sheriff John T.Chance and his two deputies:one a drunkthe other a cripple.Place your bets. John Wayne is Chance in Rio Bravoa lean Western classic packing solid heroics and a strong emotional core.He's joined by Dean Martin as the drunken deputyWalter Brennan as the old coot whose spirit outmatches his hobbled strideRicky Nelson as a youth out to prove himself and Angie Dickinson as a scarlet woman with her eye on Chance.Director Howard Hawks lifted the Western to new heights with Red River.Capturing the legendary West with a stellar cast in peak formhe does it again here. This DVD has been classified as PG some scenes maybe unsuitable for young children. ... Dear Greenpeace Taking the form of letters between a small girl and Greenpeace this book tells the story of a girl who finds a whale in her garden pond. Simon James has also written 'My Friend Whale' and 'Sally and the Limpet'. ...
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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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