Kent Walker

Mark Schone

In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny. But the most chilling story of all was never told—until now. Kent Walker, Sante's elder son, reveals how he survived forty years of "the Dragon Lady's" very special brand of motherly love and still managed to get away. As a child Kent watched his mother destroy his hardworking father, Ed Walker, and then—with Kent's painful collusion—snare what Sante called "my millionaire." When she married seemingly respectable real-estate developer Ken Kimes, it was a match made in hell. For the next two decades Kent's mother and stepfather indulged in a globetrotting orgy of criminal behaviour. Kent, their would-be recruit, was privy to the family business—torching houses, defrauding friends, crashing White When Kent's half-brother, Kenny was born, Kent was twelve years old—old enough to know that he was his younger sibling's only protector. Kent tried desperately to save Kenny from his mother's sinister bidding. His failure haunts him to this day.

The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America

Son of a Grifter

You can reduce suffering and increase happiness for yourself and others; this book will teach you how by guiding you through a 21-day meditation challenge.Each of the sessions follows the same structure: Key lesson, building off the previous lessons, midpoint check in, how you can apply the lesson to the rest of your day, then ends with an inspirational quote(s) related to the daily theme. Along the way you'll discover stories about Buddha, Yoga and Yogis, monks, and more. Applicable for beginner and advanced meditators, this program will show you how to use your body to experientially understand reality, to question dominant paradigms, and how to use a meditation practice to reduce suffering and increase happiness. Here's what you'll learn when you buy this book:*The power of breath awareness.*How to let go of stress in the body, as well as intrusive thoughts.*How to use your meditation practice to create presence, become a better listener, to stop attaching to thoughts, to feel whole and perfect as you are, to work with your dark side or shadow, to embrace a lack of purpose, and to take responsibility through a full exploration of choice.*The importance of maintaining a beginner's mind.*How to observe bodily sensations neutrally in order to free yourself from judgment.*How to re-examine vulnerability and recognize its courageousness.*How to feel impermanence, interconnection and non-duality in your body and understand its external reality.*How desires create suffering, yet that suffering can be valuable.*How to avoid the common pitfall of personal growth where our development leads to judgment of others.In addition, you'll receive guidance on how to set up your meditation practice and how to stay motivated.As a university professor for over ten years with a PhD in management, and a yoga and meditation instructor with extensive trainings, I offer a unique perspective to the power and lessons from my own meditation practice. It is said that it takes twenty-one days to form a new habit, and my "21-day Meditation Challenge" will help you create what could become the best habit of your life!

A 21 Day Meditation Challenge

How to Reduce Suffering and Increase Happiness

About the Book Motocross is the most relentless of sports. Physically, emotionally and financially. Motocross: Heart of a Racer details first-hand the heart-stopping excitement of being on the track in pursuit of the checkered flag surrounded by twenty riders with the same goal in mind and the behind the scenes drama of every professional racer's dream - sponsors. Through the eyes of a tested pro you will be propelled into the life of a true motocross champ and experience the triumphs and heartbreaks that encompass the way of life of the sport. Victories, injuries and everything in between illustrate the untold price that is paid by anyone serious about becoming a sponsored motocross professional in an honest and sometimes brutal narrative that will entertain both riders and fans alike.

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