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The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger by Ian Halperin

The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Greg Itzin (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger at common listening paces
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30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger is an audiobook by Ian Halperin: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Greg Itzin, released October 12, 2010, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Greg Itzin
Released
October 12, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, History & Culture, World
ISBN
9780062007100

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger as an audiobook?

The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger?

The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger is narrated by Greg Itzin.

Is The Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.