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When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by unhinged parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster carer Louise's home, neglected, malnourished and indoctrinated. Louise had to draw on all of her experience as one of Britain's leading foster carers to rehabilitate and change the course of their lives.

For years, Emma Carey was a regular young adult who would wake up and go about their day on autopilot, someone who would look at a sunset and feel unaffected, someone who was living, but not really alive. That is, until something happened that enabled her to really see life for the gift it is. Emma was in a skydiving accident that made her a paraplegic. This book is not just about Emma's fall from the sky and how she learned to walk without ever regaining feeling in her legs but also about the beliefs and ideas that helped her survive.

The best analysis of the biggest Premier League matches. From Saturday Night Football, Super Sunday, Monday Night Football and more...Featuring your favourite Sky Sports pundits like Roy Keane, Micah Richards, Jamie Carragher and Izzy Christiansen, get the best insight into the latest Premier League action.

She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor.

Arctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic airship aviation, making history’s first attempts at each. Wellman has been cast as a self-promoting egomaniac known mostly for his catastrophic failures. Instead he was a courageous innovator who pushed the boundaries of polar exploration and paved the way for the ultimate conquest of the North Pole—which would be achieved not by dogsled or airplane, but by airship.

The Sky Sports F1 Podcast is your one stop shop to stay across all the biggest stories in Formula One. Joining Matt Baker each week will be Sky F1’s pundits and reporters as well as guests from inside the paddock, hoping to demystify the sometimes complex world of F1. So if you want to know the difference between downforce and diffusers or torque and telemetry – hit the follow button!

World-famous competitive skydiver and coach Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld presents proven tools and techniques for success and explains how they can be used in everyday life. Dan survived a plane crash from which 16 of the 22 people on board were killed. He was left critically injured and woke up from a six-week-long coma with a broken neck, broken skull, severe head trauma, a collapsed lung, and other serious internal injuries. Against all odds, Dan recovered and went on to become one of the greatest competitive skydiver in the world.

In the form of several journeys, beginning in January 2019, Neil Ansell returns for solitary walks to the New Forest in Hampshire, close to where he was born. With beautiful sightings and observations of birds, trees, butterflies, insects and landscape, this is also a reflective memoir on childhood, on the history of one of the most ancient and important natural habitats in the United Kingdom and on the Gypsies who lived there for centuries - and were subsequently expelled to neighbouring cities.

Helen Mort has always been drawn to the thrill and risk of climbing: the tension between human and rockface, and the climber's powerful connection to the elemental world. But when she becomes a mother for the first time, she finds herself re-examining her relationship with both the natural world and herself, as well as the way the world views women who aren't afraid to take risks.

On 12th September 2018, British Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran Airport by Iran’s feared Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Convicted of espionage in a shadowy trial presided over by Iran’s most notorious judge, Dr Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin and Qarchak prisons for 804 days, this is the full and gripping account of her harrowing ordeal.

Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé, Richard Sharp, set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami’s hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn’t anticipate that less than two weeks into their voyage, they would sail directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. They found themselves battling pounding rain, waves the size of skyscrapers, and 140 knot winds.

Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain and guests analyse and debate the big stories and talking points from international and domestic cricket. Join in the debate on Twitter @SkyCricket.

Sky Sports brings you the latest from the darting world. Emma Paton is joined by special guests and darts stars past and present to discuss all the latest news and talking points on and off the oche.Your 'Love the Darts' podcast goes daily during the World Championships, so make sure you give us a follow so you don't miss an episode.

An emotionally rich, moving and nuanced memoir from the Yorkshire and England wicketkeeper. As a young boy of eight, Jonny Bairstow was dealt a cruel blow. His father David 'Bluey' Bairstow, the combative and very popular wicketkeeper and captain of Yorkshire, took his own life at the age of 47. David left behind Jonny; Jonny's sister, Becky, and half brother, Andy; and his wife, Janet, who had recently been diagnosed with cancer at the time of his death.

How Long Ref? is an original Sky Sports podcast discussing all things football, hosted by comedian Andrew Mensah. We've got famous faces, football royalty and our very own referee to keep the time and keep the players in line. Expect hot takes, crazy predictions and full blown passion!How Long Ref? is here every Wednesday. You can also find us on YouTube. Blow the whistle then!How Long Ref? A new Sky Sports podcast.

We'll keep you up to date with all the latest golf news, reviews of the week's tournaments and a look ahead to forthcoming events. If you'd like to contact the podcast then you can tweet Josh using @JoshAntmann or email at golf@skysports.com

The Sky Blues Extra podcast is a must-listen weekly show for Coventry City supporters. Each week we look back at all the hot topics surrounding the Sky Blues, including reviewing the latest fixtures and previewing future game, as-well as having a little bit of fun along the way. Join in the conversation each week, just visit our social channels by searching @SkyBluesExtra.This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Sky Blues Extra. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A weekly review of the biggest football matches, news and talking points from Sky Sports’ expert and Manchester United legend Gary Neville.

Welcome to One on One from Sky Sports! Each episode, hosts Juliette Ferrington and Joe Thomlinson sit down for exclusive 'one on one' chats with some of the biggest names in football.As well as listening to the podcast, you can watch all the interviews from the series on skysports.com, on Sky Sports News, across our socials and on our Sky Sports YouTube channels youtube.com/@skysportsfootball, youtube.com/@skysportspremierleague.

An epic memoir from a man whose life is defined by exploration and innovation, The Sky Below re-creates some of the most unforgettable adventures of our time. From dramatic, high-risk spacewalks to author Scott Parazynski's death-defying quest to summit Mount Everest - his body ravaged by a career in space - listeners will experience the life of an elite athlete, physician, and explorer.