Total Recall (Enhanced Edition): My Unbelievably True Life Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Oct 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

This special enhanced edition of Total Recall includes over 150 photos with narration by Arnold Schwarzenegger along with video clips from his careers in bodybuilding, film, and politics.


Arnold Schwarzenegger’s story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in Total Recall.

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, construction, 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, new infrastructure to rebuild California, and bipartisan solutions.

Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, including his greatest successes and his biggest failures, in his own voice.

Here is Arnold, with total recall.

Ratings and reviews

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

Hey great look like if you're a guy or fan like myself hardly anything was new but great to finally hear it from Orange voice and if you do get to you and off Audio tunes or Google Play guy actually hear him speak cuz he's reading the book to you so that is awesome I'm there are some new things added in there but for the most part time its rise and how to get there in a pretty in depth and detail on his feelings on his family and such that you have to respect! Arnold timmed it just write.

Get past the body building and action hero for a moment…. I just finished this book and found it incredible. Arnold has accomplished innumerable feats during his life and has done even more to make a better world. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes bio's and positive efforts. He has met life's challenges and for the most part – he has conquered them. Yes, he made mistakes and is now paying for them. I am praying that his marriage will be saved and that he continues to make positive contributions to the world, especially in the areas of renewable energy and the relief of human suffering.

About the author

Arnold Schwarzenegger served as governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Before that, he had a long career, starring in such films as the Terminator series; Stay Hungry; Twins; Predator; and Junior. His first book, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder, was a bestseller when published in 1977 and, along with his Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, has never been out of print. He is the author of Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life and Arnold, a limited docuseries about his life, is currently streaming on Netflix.