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RETURN OF THE DRAGON
The world’s first statue honoring the martial arts superstar became a beloved symbol of hope in fractured Bosnia, until it mysteriously went missing earlier this year.
Katya Cengel is the author of four non-fiction books including Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) winners Straitjackets and Lunch Money and From Chernobyl with Love. As a journalist Cengel has written for New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine and Atavist Magazine among others. Her writing has taken her to Utah to search for Bigfoot (she didn’t find him) and to Mongolia to write about female street artists.
DANGEROUS GROUND
Visiting the exclusion zone around the exploded reactor 15 years after the disaster turned even simple questions (can I walk on the grass?) into matters of life or death.
Adventure
It only took three days to hike a remote route to Inle Lake, but the spontaneous trek turned into a wild adventure filled with monks, a fired guide, and a land untouched by tourism.