Category Archives: New Books

Amazon.com review of Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

Amazon.com review of Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert  By Judy Winzeler  This review is from: Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert (paperback). Mackedon is one of a growing number of Nevada poets, novelists, artists and scholars who are recording the nuclear history of … Continue reading →

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The Atomic Test Named Priscilla

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

The Atomic Test Named Priscilla by Michon Mackedon “Priscilla is best known as one of the three “doom town” tests, the other two being Annie and Apple II.  The primary objective of the Priscilla event was to correlate the yield of … Continue reading →

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Nevada Rock Art

Posted on December 16, 2011 by admin

Nevada Rock Art is a fine art limited edition book produced at the highest standards of offset printing, using state-of-the-art color presses. There are 1,000 limited edition copies, signed and numbered. The book includes essays by Peter Goin and Paul F. … Continue reading →

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Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert

Posted on December 12, 2011 by admin

Author, Michon Mackedon, presenting her Award winning, new book Bombast:  Spinning Atoms in the Desert (2010) at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada, Reno. Bombast:  Spinning Atoms in the Desert is available online from Museum of New Mexico Press or locally from  Black Rock Institute Press and … Continue reading →

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Michon Mackedon Signs Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

Author Event at Barnes & Noble in Reno, Nevada Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert is a crucial linchpin in Atomic Revival studies. Michon Mackedon recounts Nevada’s relationship with the nuclear industry. Please join us today and meet the author. … Continue reading →

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Book of the Year Awards

Posted on July 2, 2011 by admin

ForeWord Reviews 2010 Winner in the Regional Category: Gold award: Bombast:  Spinning Atoms in the Desert by Michon Mackedon

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Author examines how Nevada became Ground Zero of nuclear testing

Posted on July 2, 2011 by admin

Events in the 1950s and the 1980s concerning the nation’s nuclear future produced redundant journeys. Both searches led seekers to Nevada (Nye County, specifically) first to what became the Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas as a place to … Continue reading →

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Bombast Wins Awards

Posted on June 3, 2011 by admin

Black Rock Institute is pleased to announce that Bombast Spinning Atoms in the Desert has been chosen as the winner of the Indie Excellence® Awards 2011  in the  category Regional-Non-Fiction. And a silver award from the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards  in … Continue reading →

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Radiation: A Literary Analysis – by Matthew Wald

Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

The New York Times – Green – A Blog About Energy and the Environment Nevada is home to the largest nuclear bomb test site, and the proposed host for a nuclear waste repository. The scientists and engineers, the corporate executives, … Continue reading →

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Finalist, ForeWord Review Book of the Year

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

The Black Rock Institute Press of Reno is pleased to announce that its new release, Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert by Michon Mackedon, is a Finalist for a 2010 ForeWord Review Book of the Year Award. The Award program … Continue reading →

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