Books published by Seal Press

One woman finds spiritual rejeuvenation on a journey from Cairo to Istanbul, with countless unforgettable detours between.

A combination of essays and poetry, this book reveals the voices of Muslim women as they express their ambivalence, pain, and fury toward Islam and also toward the United States

Reaching out to a growing "new majority," Hijas Americanas highlights for the first time the nuances, complexities, and challenges of Latina femininity, sexuality, beauty and body image in this ground-breaking work

This is the first book to gather the powerful, inspirational, and deeply moving personal stories of ordinary women responding to every mother's nightmare: a cancer diagnosis while raising children

From the founder of Seal Press comes this eloquent coming-of-age travel narrative about her beginnings as a writer

A tell-it-like-it-is look at black, middle-class women's tumultuous search for love and partnership.

More scotch and cigarettes than tea and sympathy, this frank and funny collection puts in print what you might only hear among girlfriends behind closed doors.

The most hilarious and heart-wrenching essays from ten years of the alternative parenting bible.

A long overdue rebuttal to the notion that all women are on a diet.

* A ground-breaking book for African-Americans, containing an abundance of culturally specific and compassionate guidance.* Incorporating personal stories, civil rights history, and a call to community activism.* In 2000, 261,000 Americans reported some form of sexual assault and African-Americans are 10 percent more likely than whites to be victimized.

These first-person accounts portray, with thoughtfulness and clarity, a wide range of caregiver experiences: the possibility of deepening relationships the opportunity for forgiveness the ability to reach out and to look within to find strength the sorrow of watching a parent grow old and the chance to say goodbye.

This reissued novel takes readers on a "wry and playful" (Out!) tour of lesbian sex, politics, and art in New York City. The city's sizzling - especially at the Kitsch-Inn, where the girls are mounting an all-female production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Join adventurer Patricia McCairn on her solo expedition down the Colorado river and through the Grand Canyon - one of the world's most spectacular journeys. Written with the eye of a naturalist, McCairan's story tacks between the river journey and her personal quest to live true to herself.

A story of the transformational power of the relationship between a woman and her dogs, for the 4 out of 10 households in America who keep canines as pets and companions

An inspirational and informative profiling 20 very different women and what drives them to run

A tribute to the transgressive women of the underground music scene, who not only rocked as hard as the boys, but also tested the limits of what is culturally acceptable"even in the anarchic world of punk rock.

Two dozen women describe the country they love and why they fell under its spell

In Working Sex , a proud community of sex workers speak out on race, class, gender, labour, and sexuality, and dish on what it really means to work in the sex industry today

The first erotica collection for and by seniors, edited by Joan Price, the go-to expert on senior sexuality

A fascinating account of one of history's most notorious women and the many others who played an integral part in creating the myth and history surrounding the sea.

A true story of a woman with a "head for business and a bod for sin," Indecent chronicles the real work and emotion behind the carnal adult sex industry

The Naughty Mommy shares her bedroom woes and woo-hoos with other mamas who are rediscovering their sex lives after baby and are ready to think about it, talk about it, and DO it

Written by a Kinsey Institute educator, The Coregasm Workout offers women a fitness-based solution for enhanced sexual arousal