Cal Orey
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood.
I'd type a little faster."
                                             --Isaac Asimov

Cal's Latest Books
News Flash!  Both Olive Oil and Vinegar Books available in Mass Market editions in  January 2009!
THE HEALING POWERS OF OLIVE OIL - Selling like olivecakes - find it at allbookstores.com, Kensington, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.































THE SKY IS FALLING by Cal Orey and Mark Jabo

















The Man Who Predicts Earthquakes: Jim Berkland, Maverick Geologist – How His Quake Warnings Can Save Lives.

The Power of Earthquakes

“Of all the natural disasters, earthquakes are the most powerful, frightening and unexpected. Since 1974, I have devoted my life to reducing the fear by increasing earthquake predictability.”
– Jim Berkland


"I remember the great Alaska Earthquake of March 27, 1964, on Good Friday when I was 12 years old . . . " (read more).
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Read what influential reviewers say about this book.
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202 Pets’ Peeves: Cats and Dogs Speak Out on Pesky Human Behavior

Is your cat or dog a bundle of nerves? Does Fluffy or Fido complain by hissing, howling, or heading for the hills?  Would you like a way to find out what gets your cat’s or dog’s goat? If the answer to any one of these questions is yes, then you need this book! Read more . . .


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Doctors Orders: What 101 Doctors Do to Stay Healthy

As I grew up in San Jose, California, during the 1960s, the world of health took shape for me on television. I played hooky from school so I could stay home and watch television. Any program (or book) about medical stuff intrigued me, a wannabe writer with a wild imagination.

I watched spellbound as the handsome humanitarian Dr. Kildare, played by Richard Chamberlain, cured patients of all manner of diseases. Read more . . .










FROM AMAZON.COM:
JUST COOK IT
Discover the revolutionary way of "Thinking Differently" about cooking and eating. Learn how getting back-to-the-basics yet throwing out the rules can motivate you to hit the kitchen. Find out how you can create whimsical dishes for yourself, family and friends. Cook to your mood. Wow everyone with magical leftovers. Think of cooking as an art. Forget following strict recipes. Enjoy tasty meal ideas-without measurements. Just Cook It! will help you shed unwanted pounds and body fat and stay healthy forever. Isn't that the bottom line? (You are what you eat. It's about changing your eating habits.) Inside, you'll find unique and wonderful ways to enjoy cooking so you can be your own personal chef. It's time to retrain your brain and learn to cook. Get kitchen-friendly with Cooking Smarts 101. Be bold, resourceful and budget-wise. Kill the grocery shopping jitters and dance down the aisles. Find your groove in the kitchen, and much more! Roe Valenti is a veteran chef and caterer who cooks for herself, family and friends. A culinary goddess, she works hard at making cooking creative and easy for everyone, at any age. Cooking is her calling and she wants to share her one-of-a-kind recipe with you.



Epilepsy (The Essential Guide to Natural Pet Care)
by Cal Orey


Book Description (from Amazon.com)

Epilepsy teaches pet owners how they can get their cats or dogs off seizure medication through natural care methods while minimizing the severity and frequency of epileptic attacks.






Cancer (The Essential Guide to Natural Pet Care) by Cal Orey (Paperback - Oct 1999)
Buy new:  $6.95   
This book lays out a plan to prevent cancer or minimize the ravaging effects of this often-fatal disease through diet and natural remedies. It also provides an overview of holistic veterinary treatments that best fight cancer.

Interesting book about alternative care for dogs and cats with cancer. However, not very specific and even though there are some more specific issues discussed most of the recommendations are not focused on a specific subject. If you really want to fight this disease and need specific and straight foward answers talk to your veterinarian and do a lot of research about it. They will be the best sources to help you face the questions and fears about cancer.

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The Healing Powers of Vinegar: A Complete Guide to Nature’s Most Remarkable Remedy Also available now in Kindle on Amazon!

If you haven’t heard by now, listen up. Your health may depend on it. Chances are, you already have two great folk remedies in your kitchen cupboards. It’s time to start using them more.  Read more . . .

Selected Cookbooks, Publishers Weekly - July 2006 — February 2007 - 8/21/2006 ... A revised titlefor September is the paperback edition of The Healing Powers of Vinegar by Cal Orey. ...

Kensington Books - "More than 100 heart-healthy recipes exploit the powers of a home remedy in the updated edition of The Healing Powers of Vinegar (Sept., $14 paper) by Cal Orey."

Book Explains Healing Power of Vinegar
Tahoe Daily Tribune - Arts & Entertainment
Revised Edition
Ever wonder if global warming is something to be afraid about--really afraid about? Take a close and personal look at how the world's erratic climate may be affecting you. Written in the perspective of a nature-loving author, a stand-up comic, and the ones who matter the most--intelligent whales.

* This books gives a new and different eye-view on effects of Earth's changing climate.

* This book pokes fun at the media, scientists, politicians, and celebrities while giving the up-to-date scoop on everything from melting ice caps to twisters on the West Coast.

* This book also includes the opposing points of two whales, Harmony and Hamlet.

* This book is written in a warm and witty style. The Sky is Falling! A Global Warming Survival Guide, is a must-read for every two-legger on the planet.

The Sky is Falling! will help you get a real grip on what's going on with Mother Nature, and how those changes will affect you, your children and their children in the years to come.


From ancient times to present-day, olive oil has been used as a remarkable remedy for everything from health ailments to beauty and household uses and so much more. Now evidence shows that a diet based on olive oil can promote longer life and may even prevent some diseases linked with American diets. In The Healing Powers of Olive Oil: A Complete Guide to Nature's Gold, health journalist Cal Orey describes the latest medical research from leading experts on the many benefits of olive oil such as:

* Inhibiting breast and colon cancer
* Preventing diabetes
* Reducing cholesterol to lower your chances for heart disease
* Speeding weight loss
* Lowering blood pressure
* Soothing diaper rash
* Minimizing stretch marks and wrinkles
* Cleaning your house
* Reducing shedding pets in pets
* ...and much more!

Written in a lively and easy-to-read style, The Healing Powers of Olive Oil will help you live a healthier and longer life.



"One of our most important foods. This book deserves to be in everybody's home library." 

--Elson M. Haas, M.D., author of Staying Healthy with Nutrition, 21st Century Edition
Better Together ! 
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From The Wall Street Journal
The Littlest Eco-Warriors
By ELLEN GAMERMAN
September 29, 2007


The Sky is Falling!: A Global Warming Survival Guide – Cal Orey and Mark Jabo; The 2007 book, co-written by a stand-up comic, is aimed at parents and kids. It uses the opposing views of two whales to look at the impact of global climate change.