Total Recall (Enhanced Edition): My Unbelievably True Life Story
Oct 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s memoir is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.
The greatest immigrant success story of our time.
His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.
He was born in a year of famine, in a small Austrian town, the son of an austere police chief. He dreamed of moving to America to become a bodybuilding champion and a movie star.
By the age of twenty-one, he was living in Los Angeles and had been crowned Mr. Universe.
Within five years, he had learned English and become the greatest bodybuilder in the world.
Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry.
Within twenty years, he was the world’s biggest movie star, the husband of Maria Shriver, and an emerging Republican leader who was part of the Kennedy family.
Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow bodybuilders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest economy in the world.
He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan solutions.
With Maria Shriver, he raised four fantastic children. In the wake of a scandal he brought upon himself, he tried to keep his family together.
Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own voice.
Here is Arnold, with total recall.
The greatest immigrant success story of our time.
His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.
He was born in a year of famine, in a small Austrian town, the son of an austere police chief. He dreamed of moving to America to become a bodybuilding champion and a movie star.
By the age of twenty-one, he was living in Los Angeles and had been crowned Mr. Universe.
Within five years, he had learned English and become the greatest bodybuilder in the world.
Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry.
Within twenty years, he was the world’s biggest movie star, the husband of Maria Shriver, and an emerging Republican leader who was part of the Kennedy family.
Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow bodybuilders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest economy in the world.
He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan solutions.
With Maria Shriver, he raised four fantastic children. In the wake of a scandal he brought upon himself, he tried to keep his family together.
Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own voice.
Here is Arnold, with total recall.
In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s memoir is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.
The greatest immigrant success story of our time.
His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these p...
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October 18, 2012
Arnold was a very driven self motivated guy, can't deny that. To the idiots who think hr was just some big steroid user: Yes he did use steroids, but not like you all think. Look at his pics when he was in the military and obviously not using steroids. Guy was yoked , when he started using steroids it was 3 weeks out of the year just before a competition so he could lean down without losing muscle mass. Steroids weren't the reason he was successful. Decent book about hard work and staying motivated
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October 18, 2012
Only about 21,000 copies have sold since this narcissistic book came out. Obviously no one gives a rat's a$$ what his recall is about anything. To think that congress actually tried to change the rules of the constitution to allow this guy to run for president!
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October 19, 2012
Lol @the 5 stars of people who read the book. Go on & celebrate a cheater in all aspects of life then cry foul when you are cheated in any part of life.
About the author
Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Thal, Austria, in 1947, was Governer of California from 2003–2011. Before that, he had a long career starring in such films as the Terminator series; Stay Hungry, for which he won a Golden Globe; Twins; Predator; and Junior. His first book, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder, was a bestseller when publisher in 1977 and has never been out of print since. The New Modern Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding has sold more than half a million copies in the past decade. Total Recall is his first public reflection on his time as Governor during what was perhaps California’s most tumultous decade.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Thal, Austria, in 1947, was Governer of California from 2003–2011. Before that, he had a long career starring in such films as the Terminator series; Stay Hungry, for which he won a Golden Globe; Twins; Predator; and Junior. His first book, Arnold: The Education of ...
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