Nella Parigi del 1940, l'ereditiera Estelle Allard cresce immersa nei privilegi che il suo status familiare le concede, ma privata dell'amore dei suoi genitori, grandi assenti nella sua vita. Tuttavia, quel vuoto viene colmato da un gruppo di amici molto stretti, che diventano la sua nuova famiglia. Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, però, quando Parigi è occupata dai tedeschi, i suoi amici vengono deportati a uno a uno, ed Estelle, disperata, si ripromette che farà qualsiasi cosa per contribuire a sconfiggere i nazisti. Nel 2017, l'ultima cosa che Aurelia Leclaire si aspetta, alla morte di sua nonna, è ereditare un piccolo appartamento parigino rimasto inutilizzato per più di mezzo secolo e inaspettatamente pieno di gioielli e opere d'arte. Forse, però, il discendente di uno dei pittori amati e collezionati da Estelle, Gabriel Seymour, può aiutarla a ricostruire la storia della nonna, e a capire il senso di quel deposito segreto pieno di armi, lettere e foto sbiadite di passaporti, fino a imbattersi nelle foto dell'ufficiale tedesco Hermann Göring... Chi era veramente sua nonna?

Nella Parigi del 1940, l'ereditiera Estelle Allard cresce immersa nei privilegi che il suo status familiare le concede, ma privata dell'amore dei suoi genitori, grandi assenti nella sua vita. Tuttavia, quel vuoto viene colmato da un gruppo di amici molto stretti, che diventano la sua nuova famiglia. Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, però, quando Parigi è occupata dai tedeschi, i suoi amici vengono deportati a uno a uno, e Estelle, disperata, si ripromette che farà qualsiasi cosa per contribuire a sconfiggere i nazisti. Nel 2017, l'ultima cosa che Aurelia Leclaire si aspetta, alla morte di sua nonna, è ereditare un piccolo appartamento parigino rimasto inutilizzato per più di mezzo secolo e inaspettatamente pieno di gioielli e opere d'arte. Forse, però, il discendente di uno dei pittori amati e collezionati da Estelle, Gabriel Seymour, può aiutarla a ricostruire la storia della nonna, e a capire il senso di quel deposito segreto pieno di armi, lettere e foto sbiadite di passaporti, fino a imbattersi nelle foto dell'ufficiale tedesco Hermann Göring... Chi era veramente sua nonna?

THE EARL DOTH PROTEST . . .
For businessman Heath Hextall, inheriting an earldom has been a damnable nuisance. The answer: find a well-bred, biddable woman to keep his life in order and observe the required social niceties. But it's always been clear that Lady Josephine Somerhall isnot that woman. Once a shy slip of a girl, Joss is now brilliant, beautiful chaos in a ball gown.

. . . BUT THE LADY KNOWS BEST
In her heart, Joss has always loved Heath, the one person she's always been able to count on. That doesn't mean she wants to marry him though. Without a husband, Joss can do as she pleases-and now, it pleases her to solve the mystery of an encoded file given to Heath by a dying man. It's put Heath in peril once, and Joss won't let that happen again. She'll do what she must to ensure the earl's safety. And to remind him that what she lacks in convention, she makes up for in passion.

HE THOUGHT HE'D SEEN IT ALL . . .
The rogue's life has been good to William Somerhall: He has his fortune, his racehorses, and his freedom. Then he moves in with his mother. It seems the eccentric Dowager Duchess of Worth has been barely skirting social disaster-assisted by one Miss Jenna Hughes, who is far too bright and beautiful to be wasting her youth as a paid companion. Now home to keep his mother from ruin, William intends to learn what's afoot by keeping his friends close-and the tempting Miss Hughes closer still.

. . . UNTIL HE MEETS HER
He's tall, dark, and damnably intelligent-unfortunately for Jenna. She and the duchess are in the "redistribution business," taking from the rich and giving to the poor, and it's going great - until he shows up. But even as William plots to make an honest woman out of her, Jenna will use all her wiles to reveal just how bad a rogue he can be . . .

WHERE SECRETS SMOLDER . . .
Calm. Cool. Collected. Gisele Whitby has perfected the art of illusion-her survival, after all, has depended upon it. Years ago, to escape an abusive husband, Gisele "disappeared." Now she must risk revealing her new identity to save another innocent girl from the same fate. But she needs a daring man for her scheme, and the rogue in question shows a remarkable talent . . . for shattering Gisele's carefully constructed facade and igniting her deepest desires.

. . . PASSION IGNITES
This isn't the first time Jamie Montcrief has awakened naked and confused from a night of drinking. It is, however, the first time a stunningly beautiful woman offers him payment afterward. Gisele has a business proposition for him, a mission involving cunning thievery and a brazen rescue. How can he say no to a plot this dangerous . . . and a woman this delectable?

Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. Bowen, one of the foremost experts on the intersection of education and economics, explains why, despite his earlier skepticism, he now believes technology has the potential to help rein in costs without negatively affecting student learning. As a former president of Princeton University, an economist, and author of many books on education, including the acclaimed bestseller The Shape of the River, Bowen speaks with unique expertise on the subject.

Surveying the dizzying array of new technology-based teaching and learning initiatives, including the highly publicized emergence of "massive open online courses" (MOOCs), Bowen argues that such technologies could transform traditional higher education--allowing it at last to curb rising costs by increasing productivity, while preserving quality and protecting core values. But the challenges, which are organizational and philosophical as much as technological, are daunting. They include providing hard evidence of whether online education is cost-effective in various settings, rethinking the governance and decision-making structures of higher education, and developing customizable technological platforms. Yet, Bowen remains optimistic that the potential payoff is great.

Based on the 2012 Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered at Stanford University, the book includes responses from Stanford president John Hennessy, Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardner, Columbia University literature professor Andrew Delbanco, and Coursera cofounder Daphne Koller.