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1) Speak
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Springfield - Life is Tough, But So Are YOU
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"'Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say.' From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her...
2) Speak
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
This documentary follows six unforgettable characters as they prepare to compete for the title, "World Champion of Public Speaking." SPEAK is a powerful, inspiring documentary about conquering life's hurdles and finding your voice. *"Compelling..." - Neil Genzlinger, **The New York Times***
3) Speak
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A young Puritan woman travels to the New World with her unwanted new husband. Alan Turing, the renowned mathematician and code breaker, writes letters to his best friend's mother. A Jewish refugee and professor of computer science struggles to reconnect with his increasingly detached wife. An isolated and traumatized young girl exchanges messages with an intelligent software program. A former Silicon Valley Wunderkind is imprisoned for creating illegal...
4) Speak
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Wait . . . Did that dog just say something?
Until she finds a stray dog in a parking lot, Ellen's biggest problem is ducking her best friend's attempts to set her up. Soon she's immersed in questions like—what to feed him, why he's chewing up all her shoes, and how she's going to come up with enough money for a pet deposit. But Emmett turns out to
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On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer--an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders--and the one person who seems...
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Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 18
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"Temperance Brennan is grappling with her toughest challenge--how to answer police detective Andrew Ryan's marriage proposal--when the matter of matrimony is forced to take a backseat to the business of murder. Hazel 'Lucky' Strike, an amateur detective who mines the Internet for cold cases, is convinced she's solved the three-year-old mystery of a teenage girl's disappearance--and certain that the grim proof lies gathering dust in Brennan's lab....
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Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they're found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her sisters' diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the 500th anniversary of St. Tancred's death, the English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint's tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia,...
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"Seven women, inextricably linked by one man, must figure out which of them killed him in order to protect each other in this electrifying debut thriller. New Year's Eve, 1999. Seven women are gathered in a hotel room at midnight; a man's head sits in the center of the floor. They all had a motive to kill Jamie Spellman. They all swear they didn't. But in order to protect each other, they have to find out who did. The ex, who drowns out her darkest...
11) Speak Up
Publisher
Mk2 Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Women of African descent converse about what it means to be a woman today and belong to the Afro community. By sharing their experiences and aspirations for the future, they SPEAK UP and take control again of their own representation.
17) Speak up
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Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text encourage the reader to speak up about everything from their own name being mispronounced to someone bringing a weapon to school. Includes author's note about real people who have found their voices, when to speak up, and how to express oneself without speaking.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Conjuring reality and wonder, "SPEAK SO I CAN SEE YOU" takes us to a seemingly different era, by exploring the world of Radio Belgrade. One of Europe's oldest radio stations and a true institution of the city, the station still broadcasts original programming and helps keep history, culture and critical thought, as well as everrelevant questions about ourselves and the world, from slipping out of memory and mind. Set at the intersection of an observational...
19) Speak up!
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Quill Tree Books, Harpers Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Twelve-year-old Mia is just trying to navigate a world that doesn't understand her true autistic self. While she wishes she could stand up to her bullies, she's always been able to express her feelings through singing and songwriting, even more so with her best friend, Charlie, who is nonbinary, putting together the best beats for her. Together, they've taken the internet by storm; little do Mia's classmates know that she's the viral singer Elle-Q!...
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Through funny stories, Scripture, and a Speak Love Revolution challenge that could help you change the lives of every person you see, tweet, or message for the better, Annie F. Downs explores the difference you can make when you speak love to others, to God, and to yourself.
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