Publishers Weekly 10/28/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: The Exchange: After the Firm by John Grisham Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Holly by Stephen King Judgment Prey by John Sandford The Armor of Light by Ken Follett Second Act by Danielle Steel Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Blood Lines by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille Covenant […]

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Publishers Weekly 10/21/23

Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: The Mysteries by Bill Watterson Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Holly by Stephen King Judgment Prey by John Sandford Blood Lines by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille The Armor of Light by Ken Follett Second Act by Danielle Steel Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 12 Months to Live by James […]

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Legal Resource Day, focusing on civil legal issues, set for Oct. 27

Attend presentations and bring your civil legal questions to Legal Resource Day, organized by the Mesa County Combined Court/21st Judicial District and co-hosted by Mesa County Libraries. There is no charge to attend this event, which happens 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at the Central Library, 443 N. 6th St. in downtown Grand Junction. The event […]

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Publishers Weekly 10/14/23

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 […]

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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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