Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story - Softcover

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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9781849839723: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

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ISBN 10: 1849839727 ISBN 13: 9781849839723

Publisher: Simon & Schuster International, 2012

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's TOTAL RECALL is a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and entertaining life in and out of the public eye. Total Recall is the unbelievably true story of Arnold Schwarzenegger's life. Born in the small city of Thal, Austria, in 1947, he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21. Within ten years, he was a millionaire business man. After twenty years, he was the world's biggest movie star. In 2003, he was Governor of California and a household name around the world.

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The most interesting parts of the book are those that deal with his impoverished Austrian upbringing in the wake of Germany's defeat in the Second World War, and his discovery of bodybuilding as a ladder to a better world - Mail on Sunday

The Terminator star has just released his autobiography, Total Recall... and the revelations in its pages certainly pack a punch - Hello

Much hyped and much anticipated, the launch of Total Recall... For the first time he will offer his side of the story - Sunday Telegraph

It s the unbelievable yet true story of Arnold Schwarzenegger s life. And he tells it in his own, painfully blunt fashion

'In Total Recall, Schwarzenegger presents the former as the direct result of the latter. His autobiography is a classic reworking of the American dream: dream hard, work hard, aim high, let no one stand in your way.' - The Daily Express

'This surprisingly enjoyable book shows he has a great product to sell. He is the living embodiment of the America Dream: a scrawny Austrian boy who became a body-building champion, conquered Hollywood, married into the Kennedys and ended up as governor of California.' 'Schwarzenegger recounts his story in loving detail over 600 pages, together with a dazzling spread of 243 photographs.' '[This] autobiography shows [Arnie] to be a man of greater substance than the Austrian Oak caricature might suggest.' The Daily Business Post, Andrew Lynch

Featured in 'I want gear...', Fabulous magazine --Irish Independent

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 term as Governor during what was perhaps California's most tumultous decade.

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