Publisher’s Weekly 11/18/2021

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom The Judge’s List by John Grisham The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly The Wish by Nicholas Sparks Never by Ken Follett Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child and Andrew Child Game On, […]

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Local History Thursday: Three Wire Winter

What is a three wire winter, you ask? For folks that live in snowy, persistently cold places like Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a three wire winter occurs when the snow reaches the third wire on a barbed wire fence. It is also the name of a wonderful little publication put out from 1976 to 1988 by […]

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Publisher’s Weekly 11/11/2021

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom The Judge’s List by John Grisham Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe Game On, 28 by Janet Evanovich Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child and Andrew Child The Wish by Nicholas […]

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November Staff Picks

Greetings, fellow library-goers! November is starting strong with a few staff recommendations we are excited to share. Click on any of the images below to be directed to the Mesa County Libraries catalog. Sean E.’s pick: News of the World (DVD) Based on the book of the same name, News of the World follows Captain Kidd […]

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Publisher’s Weekly 11/04/2021

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: The Judge’s List by John Grisham Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child and Andrew Child The Wish by Nicholas Sparks The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny Cloud Cuckoo Land by […]

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Publisher’s Weekly 10/28/2021

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: The Judge’s List by John Grisham The Wish by Nicholas Sparks The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny Dear Santa by Debbie Macomber Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty […]

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Publisher’s Weekly 10/21/2021

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny The Wish by Nicholas Sparks The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty Silverview by John Le Carré The Butler by Danielle Steel The […]

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Local History Thursday: Evoking Grand Junction’s History with Radio History Theater

In 1981, coinciding with Grand Junction’s centennial celebration, the Mesa County Oral History Project (MCOHP) produced forty-eight radio plays about local history. Over forty-eight weeks, these plays aired on radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA, with the last play broadcasting on August 21, 1982. Now, the Radio History Theater plays have been digitized and […]

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