New Releases by Aaron Foster

In his memoir and debit book, Ron shares stories from his life fit for the plot of a movie. From the beginning of his journey to manhood being raised by his mother to the beginning of his new life as a man of God. Ron illustrates his navigation through the brutality he witnessed in his beloved city of Detroit, as well as the deep love found there. Ron published his story to share the journey of questioning life and being on the path to answer those questions. His desire is to fulfill his purpose by uplifting and inspiring others.

A discussion provoking novel of how close friendships are strained by class and societal status. Set in a tightly enclosed and protected world where current technological trends advance exponentially, two friends attempt to climb the Reputation Rankings in order to achieve the special privileges reserved for the top percent.Elijah lived in Our Bubble like everyone else. Humans had used their magical minds to survive a terrible storm. A massive flood covered most of the world with water. Years of wintry weather followed. Temperatures would dip so low that people turned into popsicles the moment they walked outside. There was no life outside of Our Bubble. The world was cold. Frozen, actually. Well, at least that's what everyone except Elijah believed. Humans achieved many of their wildest dreams. People were free from disease. All of the hard work was done by machines. No crimes were committed because anyone could have anything they wanted without even having to work a job they didn't like. In fact, the more active a person was in enjoying themselves, the more they were rewarded. Everything a person did was tracked and recorded. All of their actions were calculated and entered into a Reputation Ranking system, a math formula that accounted for every detail in a person's life. The top ten percent of the people were awarded special privileges.Elijah learned what happened to the people that sank too low in the Rankings. He also believed that the outside world had returned to normal. He set off on a mission to lead humans back to the natural world and out from under the reign of an Evil Empress.Of course, the best way we can get to know Elijah is by hearing what others said about him. In Our Bubble, your reputation was your reality.This story follows two friends, Charlotte and Isabella, as they travel two divergent paths that eventually reconnect at the most important moment of Our Bubble's existence.At the end of the day, a story by itself still can only go so far in deciding if someone is remembered as 'good' or 'bad.' Two people can hear the same story and come away with opposite feelings. Some might say Elijah was a good person. Others will say he was a bad guy. It would be as easy to call him a terrorist as it would be to call him a prophet or a savior. I guess all I can do is tell you about him. It's up to you to decide how we remember Elijah and whether we will celebrate or curse his quest for life Beyond Our Bubble.

The Arcanum Trivindico has been dealt a heavy blow. Vulnerable and trying to cope with their new reality, Adam, Emma, and their growing group of classmates attempt to continue their education and service to the clandestine organization they now call home. Spread around the globe on solitary assignments, the teens uncover the shadow of a new threat unlike anything they've faced. Clinging to what little of their former lives remain, can they possibly rise to the challenge of saving the world? Friendships will be tested. Loyalty will be questioned. Family ties will be broken. Join the race to reveal... The Dawn Protocol.

A down-and-out man discovers that humans were created and are being controlled by a manipulative ruler. He joins a group of pacifist rebels with super powers to fight a war against the powerful organization. Unable to put the greater good above his self interests, he is cast out from the group and left to be a lone-wolf anti-hero. When the war reaches a point where the fate of Earth is in danger, he's pulled back into the mix and must make the decisions that will leave an infinite impact on the universe.

Deep in the inner-city limits of Detroit Michigan, Ron lived a reality that most people couldn't even imagine. Having an absent father and an alcoholic stepdad, Ron's mother is challenged with the unfair responsibility of trying to teach a boy how to become a man.Beginning at a very young age Ron witnessed firsthand his fair share of the brutality offered by his beloved city. Seeing many of his peers being sent to prison and some even losing their lives, left Ron with many unanswered questions regarding his own life. Throughout his trial and error style journey to becoming a man, a husband and a father, Ron questions every aspect of his life. He yearns to gain an understanding of his purpose and that yearning puts him on a path to obtain the answers he longs for.

Adam and Emma are used to being the youngest agents in the Arcanum Trivindico. Remarkable gadgets, vehicles, and advanced training continue to hone their abilities as undercover operatives. When the US government pleads for them to engage an unhackable global crime syndicate, the students are forced to abandon their unusual education.

"November Steps" by Tōru Takemitsu can be seen as a piece that creates moments of contingent beauty. This piece was written as to showcase the differences that exist between the traditional Japanese instruments (the shakuhachi and biaw) and the Western Orchestra, but the piece does not sound discontinuous, though fragile. This paper will explore the ideas and means by which he does so using the works of Gaston Bachelard, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, and Quentin Meillassoux. György Ligeti explores the boundaries of human perception with "Poème Symphonique," a piece written for one hundred metronomes. They produce a texture of sound due to the natural deviation which breaks down over the course of the piece, which he calls a "crumbling sound block". This perceptual continuum can be expanded upon to consider matters and conceptions of the number line, musical continuity, and orders of the infinite.

Using a novel experimental system incorporating immobilized, synthetic sialylated glycans, we confirm that CD33rSiglec engagement of Sias in trans can cause inhibition of neutrophil activation. These findings further support the hypothesis that the natural function of CD33rSiglecs is to recognize endogenous glycans, but that certain microorganisms have evolved to target these cell surface receptors in order to subvert the immune system.