How I Was Betrayed is the working title of his magnum opus, according to the French newspaper.

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But in Riches's magnum opus, here read by trained NPR professionals, he sued the Magna Carta.

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That project, which Hanks' website describes as "part thriller, part real-time drama, " is based on a small portion of Bugliosi's magnum opus.

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As a trained historian, and meticulous independent scholar, David was equally bold and original His recently published magnum opus, L'Exil Au Maghreb.

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Kurzweil's magnum opus, "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, " outlines the implications of this transition in a way that is simultaneously believable, terrifying, meticulous and mind-bendingly absurd.

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Around the same time as "The Thousand and One Nights, " Matisse was overseeing the construction of the so-called Matisse Chapel on the French Riviera and the artist's self-proclaimed magnum opus.

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Balakrishnan calls that album Hendrix's magnum opus, and says it was the ultimate expression of his creativity as a guitarist, singer and songwriter but most of all, as a composer.

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The double album "Bad Girls" was her magnum opus.

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Pundits including Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santelli urge listeners to read her books, and her magnum opus, "Atlas Shrugged, " is selling at a faster rate today than at any time during its 51-year history.

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Her prolific letters, diaries, and intelligence position papers, no less than her eight books and her magnum opus, Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia, make Gertrude Bell one of the best-documented women of all time.

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