Looking for a last-minute, untraditional Valentine’s Day gift for someone who loves to read is a science nerd enjoys laughing out loud all of the above? Get yourself to the nearest bookstore this weekend to buy coral reef ecologist Marah J. Hardt’s Sex in the Sea, the subtitle of which is Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic …
What will pull you into the book and keep you reading are the complex relationships that trainers have with the killer whales in their care and the lives and stories of over two dozen captive orcas, especially stories of orca society and motherhood.
I admit that I am new to hip-hop, but I definitely became more interested in it after reading The Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture (and my son has since become my informal mentor, sharing playlists and even creating a guide to “what to listen for in hip-hop”!).