Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Judgment Prey by John Sandford Holly by Stephen King Second Act by Danielle Steel Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco 12 Months to Live by James Patterson and Mike Lupica The Armor of Light by Ken Follett Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Starling House […]
Continue readingClifton Branch Library to close Oct. 19-21 for equipment installation
The Mesa County Libraries Clifton Branch, 3270 D 1/2 Road, will be closed to visitors Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 19-21, for installation of a second HVAC unit on the building. For patrons who would like to pick up holds, the drive-through window on the south side of the building will be open during the closure. The drive-through’s […]
Continue readingPublishers 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 […]
Continue readingLibrary Friends to host October Book Sale Oct. 19-21
The Friends of Mesa County Libraries’ annual October Book Sale – happening Oct. 19-21, 2023 – is a great place to stock your shelf with winter reading material or shop early for holiday gifts. This is the Friends’ biggest used-book sale of the year, complete with bargains galore, and it happens Thursday through Saturday, Oct. […]
Continue readingPublishers 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 […]
Continue readingLocal 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 […]
Continue readingPublishers 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 […]
Continue readingNew Clifton Branch Library Grand Opening set for Saturday, Oct. 7
Please join Mesa County Libraries for the official Grand Opening Celebration of the new Clifton Branch! The event is set from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the new library, 3270 D 1/2 Road (next to Rocky Mountain Elementary School). There is no charge to attend. The grand opening will include tours […]
Continue readingPublishers 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 […]
Continue readingPublishers 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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