Tag Archives: Nevada

Take a look inside Nevada Rock Art at photo-eye.com

Posted on April 19, 2012 by BRI

Nevada Rock Art contains rarely seen images that are themselves artifacts of fieldwork conducted throughout the back roads, valleys, summits, drainages, and mountain ridges of Nevada. From the northernmost wildlife refuge to the sun-blasted southern tip of creosote-bush country, the process … Continue reading →

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Black Rock (paperback)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by BRI

The Black Rock is a desert realm the size of Delaware about one hundred miles north of Reno, Nevada. Shaped by water, wind, geothermal activity, and human interaction since ancient times, the desolate, haunting landscape nonetheless teems with life in … Continue reading →

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Sagebrush Conversations

Posted on March 6, 2012 by BRI

Where the Sage Meets the Sky: Great Basin Landscapes Wednesday, March 7, 3 – 5 p.m. Nevada Today, Events @ Nevada. In conjunction with the current Special Collections exhibit Where the Sage Meets the Sky: Great Basin Landscapes, join us for a series … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 2, 2012 by BRI

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 BRI

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 BRI

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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Author examines how Nevada became Ground Zero of nuclear testing

Posted on July 2, 2011 by BRI

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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Book on Yucca Mountain Earns Local Author Several Awards – News Story – KRXI Reno

Posted on July 2, 2011 by BRI

FALLON — “Fallon resident and former Western Nevada College English professor Michon Mackedon has received some impressive recognition for her new book, “Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert.”” Book on Yucca Mountain Earns Local Author Several Awards – News Story … Continue reading →

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Red Rocks of Nevada Smudged by Less Colorful Graffiti

Posted on February 6, 2011 by BRI

  Nevada Rock Art, the spectacular book published by Peter Goin, under the auspices of the Black Rock Institute Press, includes a chapter by BLM Archeologist and rock art specialist, Mark Boatwright, who is featured in the 06 January 2011 issue … Continue reading →

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Nevada Rock Art wins Pinnacle Best Book Achievement Award

Posted on November 15, 2010 by BRI
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