University of Nevada Press

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41 - 48 of 373 books

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A Guide to Nevada's Wetland Oasis

Deep in the expanse of the Great Basin desert, in one of the warmest and driest basins in northern Nevada, lies a wetland oasis that is home to more than 290 species of resident and migratory birds.... more

[Paperback] - $12.00

A Black Bridge

Poems

by Ralph Tejeda Wilson

The author has a special gift for compassion, for joy, and insists that his art be put to good purpose: the redemption of individual and communal life.... more

[Hardcover] - $50.00

Black Rock

by Peter Goin, Paul F. Starrs

Peter Goin and Paul F. Starrs offer a geographic and photographic exploration of Nevada's enigmatic Black Rock country, an apparently silent and isolated area of dramatic contrasts where ceaseless natural forces and life in many forms have endured for millennia.... more

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The Blossom Festival

A Novel

by Lawrence Coates

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Bodie's Gold

Tall Tales and True History From a California Mining Town

by Marguerite Sprague

The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie’... more

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Bombs in the Backyard

Atomic Testing and American Politics, 2nd Edition

by A. Costandina Titus

On January 27, 1951, the first atomic weapon was detonated over a section of desert known as Frenchman Flat in southern Nevada providing dramatic evidence of the Nevada Test Site's beginnings.... more

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Bonelight

Ruin and Grace in the New Southwest (essays)

by Mary Sojourner

Deeply passionate and personal reflections about damage, loss, and renewal—of the earth and of the writer herself.... more

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Boomtown Saloons

Archaeology and History in Virginia City

by Kelly J. Dixon

In Boomtown Saloons, archaeologist Kelly J. Dixon recounts the excavation of four historic saloon sites in Nevada’... more