Publishers Weekly 10/07/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Running Grave: A Cormoran Strike Novel by Robert Galbraith The Armor of Light by Ken Follett Holly by Stephen King 12 Months to Live by James Patterson and Mike Lupica Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Fragile Threads of Power by Victoria […]

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Publishers Weekly 09/30/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Holly by Stephen King The Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Code Red: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Wellness by Nathan Hill […]

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PHOTO I.D. - Screenshot of a Department of Energy video depicting the detonation of an underground nuclear bomb in their Project Rulison experiment.

Local History Thursday: Splitting the Atom, Project Rulison and Project Rio Blanco

When you take a core of enriched uranium-235 and start flinging neutrons at it, something very special happens. First, the neutron strikes the nucleus of a single atom of uranium-235, causing it to split into fragments. Then, these fragmented atoms release neutrons of their own, which strike the nucleus of neighboring atoms, causing a cascading […]

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Publishers Weekly 09/23/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Holly by Stephen King Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Code Red: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Payback in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel by J. D. Robb Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Vaster […]

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Publishers Weekly 09/16/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Holly by Stephen King Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Payback in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel by J. D. Robb Look Out for the Little Guy by Scott Lang Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger Tom Clancy Weapons Grade by […]

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Publishers Weekly 09/09/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons: A Lisbeth Salander Novel by Karin Smirnoff Lion & […]

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Publishers Weekly 09/01/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston After That Night: A Will Trent Thriller by Karin Slaughter  Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Lion & Lamb: Two Investigators. Two Rivals. One Hell of a Crime by James Patterson Covenant of […]

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