Tom Watkins Livres

The New York Times bestselling author lays bare the voices of the most vulnerable and allows their stories to uncover the systematic injustice threaded within our society.

The narrative follows a group of college professors who escape their mundane lives for a week of sailing adventures each year. Over a decade, they explore exotic destinations like the Virgin Islands and Guadeloupe, engaging in fishing, diving, and drinking while forging deeper connections with one another. The story features a cast of quirky characters, including sailor John Caldwell and Undine, a jovial German restaurant manager. This humorous and insightful tale reveals the hidden lives of these academics, filled with camaraderie and self-discovery.

LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZETom Watkins is the famously entertaining pop Svengali with killer commercial instincts and prodigious talent for design who propelled the Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17, among others, to global stardom.

"'Okay listen up everyone,' I said, zipping up my high visibility jacket. 'It will be most effective to comb the local area by taking a village each.' I told my team as I traced my finger across the map. My experience as a former copper was invaluable for our search. We weren't looking for a missing person though - we had a dog to find." Any pet owner knows the agonising panic when their beloved furry family member goes missing, but Tom Watkins, former policeman turned pet detective, is on hand to reunite our animal companions with their owners. From recording the owner's voice to lure cats from their hiding place, to organising a fly-over to raise the profile of missing Toby the terrier, from emptying the contents of the owner's vacuum to tempt in the missing animal with the scent, to organising a Crimewatch-style reconstruction of a dog-snatching on national TV, Tom will do whatever it takes to get the nation's pets home, safe and sound. The Real Pet Detective is the story of 20 years of missing pets, their owners and Tom's team of expert pet investigators.

The life of teenage girl is an emotional rollercoaster. Just like anyone, you go through ups and downs, but during the adolescent years, everything in your life is heightened. When you're in love, you love hard, with intense passion. When you hate, you hate from within the depths of your soul. You see life as it is through your eyes at that present moment. You may feel as if you don't have a voice, but spoken word or poetry is a great way to express those feelings. This book shows you how I expressed my feelings, and maybe it will give you a push in the right direction to express yours.

Tom Watkins ukončil aktivní službu u policie v roce 1996. Potom, co v rádiu zaslechl srdcervoucí příběh o ztraceném psovi, rozhodl se zapojit do pátrání – vyzbrojený jen lupou, konzervou psího žrádla a mapou města. Motivovaný úspěšnou záchranou zatoulaného psího dobrodruha Watkins krátce nato založil Animal Search UK, agenturu, zaměřenou na hledání ztracených, zcizených nebo zaběhnutých domácích mazlíčků. Za 20 let v roli profesionálního zvířecího detektiva se Watkinsovi podařilo najít tisíce pohřešovaných zvířat, zejména psů a koček, a vrátit je šťastným a vděčným majitelům. Jeho pátrací agentura, která při práci využívá nejmodernější kriminalistické metody a zaměstnává nejen zkušené lidské inspektory, ale také cvičené čtvernohé slídiče, je v současné době největší a všeobecně vyhledávanou firmou svého druhu ve Velké Británii.