Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

nIn his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life. nThe greatest immigrant success story of our time. n nHis story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages. n nHe 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. n nBy the age of twenty-one, he was living in Los Angeles and had been crowned Mr. Universe. n nWithin five years, he had learned English and become the greatest bodybuilder in the world. n nWithin 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. n nWithin 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. n nThirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow body-builders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest economy in the world. n nHe 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. n nWith Maria Shriver, he raised four fantastic children. In the wake of a scandal he brought upon himself, he tried to keep his family together. n nUntil now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own voice. n nHere is Arnold, with total recall.n