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Books with author Giuly Gabriell Thompson

  • Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs

    Gabriel Thompson

    Hardcover (Nation Books, Jan. 26, 2010)
    What is it like to do the back-breaking work of immigrants? To find out, Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside Latino immigrants, who initially thought he was either crazy or an undercover immigration agent. He stooped over lettuce fields in Arizona, and worked the graveyard shift at a chicken slaughterhouse in rural Alabama. He dodged taxis—not always successfully—as a bicycle delivery “boy” for an upscale Manhattan restaurant, and was fired from a flower shop by a boss who, he quickly realized, was nuts.As one coworker explained, “These jobs make you old quick.” Back spasms occasionally keep Thompson in bed, where he suffers recurring nightmares involving iceberg lettuce and chicken carcasses. Combining personal narrative with investigative reporting, Thompson shines a bright light on the underside of the American economy, exposing harsh working conditions, union busting, and lax government enforcement—while telling the stories of workers, undocumented immigrants, and desperate US citizens alike, forced to live with chronic pain in the pursuit of $8 an hour.
  • Working In The Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs

    Gabriel Thompson

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, April 12, 2012)
    What is it like to do the back-breaking work of immigrants? To find out, Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside Latino immigrants, who initially thought he was either crazy or an undercover immigration agent. He stooped over lettuce fields in Arizona, and worked the graveyard shift at a chicken slaughterhouse in rural Alabama. He dodged taxis - not always successfully - as a bicycle delivery ''boy'' for an upscale Manhattan restaurant, and was fired from a flower shop by a boss who, he quickly realized, was nuts. As one coworker explained, ''These jobs make you old quick.'' Back spasms occasionally keep Thompson in bed, where he suffers recurring nightmares involving iceberg lettuce and chicken carcasses. Combining personal narrative with investigative reporting, Thompson shines a bright light on the underside of the American economy, exposing harsh working conditions, union busting, and lax government enforcement - while telling the stories of workers, undocumented immigrants, and desperate US citizens alike, forced to live with chronic pain in the pursuit of $8 an hour.
  • Bedtime Stories for Kids Vol 1+Vol 2: A Collection of over 75 Short Meditation Stories to Reduce Anxiety, Learn Mindfulness, Increase Relaxation, and Help Children Fall Asleep Fast

    Giuly Gabriell Thompson

    Paperback (Independently published, Dec. 27, 2019)
    Do you have a hard time getting your little one to calm down and get ready for bed at night? Do you dread bedtime? Is bedtime more of a battle than bliss for you both? Well, it doesn’t have to be! Bedtime Stories For Kids Vol 1: A collection of over 50 short meditation stories to reduce anxiety, learn mindfulness, increase relaxation, and help children fall to sleep fast (age 2-6, 6-12, 3-5) was written specifically for children between the ages of 2-12 to help them drift off to sleep easier with less fuss and frustration for everyone involved! This collection of over 50 short mindfulness meditation stories is designed to be both engaging and useful. Each story is masterfully written to grab the attention of your little one and keep them enthralled and engaged from beginning to end while also instructing them in mindfulness and relaxation techniques that will reduce anxiety and encourage sleepiness, and even includes a bonus chapter on a powerful anti-anxiety grounding technique. Your child will love imagining themselves in a variety of fun scenarios, such as dancing on the moon, discovering magic flowers, flying in a magic hammock, turning into a butterfly, discovering a waterfall, going to a zoo, and so much more! This is not your standard, garden-variety bedtime book. Mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques are useful for both children and adults and have been shown to increase and improve sleep quality and duration, so don’t just buy this book for your child: Buy it for you, too! Not only will you benefit from your little one drifting off to sleep more quickly each night, but you will also be learning the mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques demonstrated in this book right along with them!Written to engage an audience of children between the ages of 2-12Specially designed to grab your child’s attention and immerse them in each storyMindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques are written into each storyChildren don’t even realize they are learning techniques to calm and relax themselves!Stories are short and easy to read to keep kids engagedMindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques can be used anywhere and anytimeMindfulness meditation has been demonstrated to reduce anxiety in both children and adults!Mindfulness meditation has been shown to increase and improve sleep quality and duration for both children and adults!Bonus chapter with grounding exercise for anxious momentsIf you have ever dreaded the bedtime battle with your child, then Bedtime Stories For Kids Vol 1+ Vol 2: A collection of over 75 short meditation stories to reduce anxiety, learn mindfulness, increase relaxation, and help children fall to sleep fast (age 2-6, 6-12, 3-5) was written just for you. Adults and children alike benefit from learning mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques, so don’t wait! Buy this book right now so you can start benefitting from it tonight. You and your child both deserve a great night of stress-free sleep that comes from engaging with the mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques that have been demonstrated to work time and time again.
  • Bedtime Stories for Kids Vol 3: A Collection of Over 25 Short Meditation Stories to Reduce Anxiety, Learn Mindfulness, Increase Relaxation, and Help Children Fall to Sleep Fast

    Giuly Gabriell Thompson

    Paperback (Independently published, Dec. 18, 2019)
    Is your child’s bedtime a nightly struggle? Is bedtime something that both you and your child dread each and every day? If bedtime is more battle than bliss for you and your child, then you need Bedtime Stories For Kids Vol 3: A collection of over 25 short meditation stories to reduce anxiety, learn mindfulness, increase relaxation, and help children fall to sleep fast (ages 2-6, 6-12, 3-5) which was written specifically for children between the ages of 2-12 to help them drift off to sleep with a mindfulness meditation story. This collection of over 25 short mindfulness meditation stories is designed to be interesting and engaging for both parent and child. Each story is written to grab and hold the attention of your child and keep them interested and engaged from beginning to end while also instructing them in mindfulness and relaxation techniques that will reduce anxiety and encourage sleepiness. Your child will love imagining themselves sledding down a snowy hill, baking delicious surprise cookies, growing a garden of their very own, and so much more! Mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques are useful for both children and adults and are known to increase and improve sleep quality and duration, so don’t just buy this book for your child: Buy it for you, too! You will be glad that your child is drifting off to sleep easier than ever as they learn the mindfulness meditation and visualization techniques for improved sleep, and you may find the very same is happening to you, too!Written to engage an audience of children between the ages of 2-12Specially designed to spark your child’s attention and pull them into each storyMindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques are written as a part of each storyChildren don’t notice they are learning techniques to calm and relax themselvesStories are short and easy to readMindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques can be used outside of bedtime, tooMindfulness meditation has been demonstrated to reduce anxiety in both children and adults!Mindfulness meditation has been shown to increase and improve sleep quality and duration for both children and adults!Bonus chapter with a simple centering exercise that has been shown to decrease stress and increase daily contentmentIf you have ever dreaded the bedtime battle with your child, then Bedtime Stories For Kids Vol 3: A collection of over 25 short meditation stories to reduce anxiety, learn mindfulness, increase relaxation, and help children fall to sleep fast (ages 2-6, 6-12, 3-5) was written just for you. Adults and children alike benefit from learning mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques, so don’t wait! Buy this book right now so you can both begin benefitting from it tonight. You and your child both deserve to sleep well and that is what engaging with the mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques that have been demonstrated to work time and time again can off
  • Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs

    Gabriel Thompson

    Hardcover (Nation Books, March 15, 1661)
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  • Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs

    Gabriel Thompson

    Paperback (Nation Books, March 15, 1885)
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  • Bedtime Stories For Kids Vol . 1: A collection of over 50 Short Meditation Stories to Reduce Anxiety, Learn Mindfulness, increase Relaxation,and Help ... Fast

    Giuly Gabriell Thompson

    Paperback (Independently published, Dec. 14, 2019)
    Do you have a hard time getting your little one to calm down and get ready for bed at night? A collection of over 50 short meditation stories to reduce anxiety, learn mindfulness, increase relaxation, and help children fall to sleep fast (age 2-6, 6-12, 3-5) was written specifically for children between the ages of 2-12 to help them drift off to sleep easier with less fuss and frustration for everyone involved! This collection of over 50 short mindfulness meditation stories is designed to be both engaging and useful. Each story is masterfully written to grab the attention of your little one and keep them enthralled and engaged from beginning to end while also instructing them in mindfulness and relaxation techniques that will reduce anxiety and encourage sleepiness, and even includes a bonus chapter on a powerful anti-anxiety grounding technique. Your child will love imagining themselves in a variety of fun scenarios, such as dancing on the moon, discovering magic flowers, flying in a magic hammock, turning into a butterfly, discovering a waterfall, going to a zoo, and so much more! This is not your standard, garden-variety bedtime book. Mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques are useful for both children and adults and have been shown to increase and improve sleep quality and duration, so don’t just buy this book for your child: Buy it for you, too! Not only will you benefit from your little one drifting off to sleep more quickly each night, but you will also be learning the mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques demonstrated in this book right along with them!· Written to engage an audience of children between the ages of 2-12· Specially designed to grab your child’s attention and immerse them in each story· Mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques are written into each story· Children don’t even realize they are learning techniques to calm and relax themselves!· Stories are short and easy to read to keep kids engaged· Mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques can be used anywhere and anytime· Mindfulness meditation has been demonstrated to reduce anxiety in both children and adults!· Mindfulness meditation has been shown to increase and improve sleep quality and duration for both children and adults!· Bonus chapter with grounding exercise for anxious momentsIf you have ever dreaded the bedtime battle with your child, then Bedtime Stories For Kids Vol 1: A collection of over 50 short meditation stories to reduce anxiety, learn mindfulness, increase relaxation, and help children fall to sleep fast (age 2-6, 6-12, 3-5) was written just for you.Adults and children alike benefit from learning mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques, so don’t wait! Buy this book right now so you can start benefitting from it tonight. You and your child both deserve a great night of stress-free sleep that comes from engaging with the mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques that have been demonstrated to work time and time again.
  • Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs

    Gabriel Thompson

    Paperback (Nation Books, July 12, 2011)
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