National Geographic The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals Memoir_Gift_Guide and existential fear with humor

and existential fear with humor and hope

Natality invites readers to attend to birth as a challenging and life-affirming reminder of our shared humanity and our capacity for creative renewal

In a land where three suns almost never set

irrational rumors trigger fanatical acts

So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled

National Geographic The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals Memoir_Gift_Guide and existential fear with humorThe lush and unique photography in this book represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animalsespecially those that are endangered. His powerful message, conveyed with humor, compassion, and art: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000