The Imperfect State: An American Odyssey

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It's also a great way to discover new podcasts. A Middle School Story. Here's how restrictions apply. An American Odyssey Book 2 Hardcover: Five Star Publishing November 21, Language: Start reading Born to the Badge Wyatt Earp: An American Odyssey Book 2 on your Kindle in under a minute. Don't have a Kindle? Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention born to the badge mark warren wyatt earp adobe moon historical fiction doc holliday second book earp trilogy author mark west american readers research adult frontier masterson researched streets third western.

Showing of 10 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. This is the second book in a trilogy about Wyatt Earp. I read Adobe Moon a year ago and thoroughly enjoyed it and have been anxiously awaiting the release of Born to the Badge. Warren continues to prove himself as a master story teller in this book as we follow an adult Wyatt as he is searching for his calling and path in life. These books come after a lifetime of research into Wyatt Earp and make the reader feel as though they really get to know Wyatt as a person and not just by the things he was famous for.

This story should have a broader appeal than just another shoot-em-up western. It is a glimpse into the drive and struggles of real people in a time where there were both great opportunities as well as hopelessness and desperation. If you read Adobe Moon, this is absolutely a must read. If you haven't read Adobe Moon yet, I would start there and read the books in chronological order. I'm now waiting the third book in the trilogy and would pre-order today if it were on Amazon! In the second book of Mark Warren's Wyatt Earp trilogy, we get a front row seat to Wyatt's adventures as an adult prior to the gunfight at the OK Coral that made him famous.

Author Mark Warren brings out the human side of Wyatt, his drive to become successful and find his "fortune", his haunted past, his complicated family life and his steadfast commitment to his own moral code. Where the first book in the series set the story in motion, the second book is packed with back-to-back adventures that keep you reaching for the next page to see what happens next. The cast of characters expands to include some of the most well known frontier lawmen, criminals and scoundrels of the old west, many of whom will later play an important role in the gunfight at the OK Corral and Mark's next book.

One person found this helpful. I am a fan of historical fiction, especially when the era and the characters have been thoroughly researched by the author.

Mark Warren's Born to the Badge is both, a compelling and atmospheric story, and a history lesson about the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, all-in-one. Earp's Gun-fighting, head-knocking, and just outsmarting wild Texas cowboys bent on spending their wages on liquor, women, gambling, and just raising hell, is brought to life as if you were there. I highly recommend the first book in Mr. Warren's Wyatt Earp trilogy, Adobe Moon, and this second book, Born to the Badge, and can't wait to see what happens to the characters in the third book, yet to come!

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Being a Muslim learnt alot as I was unaware of many thing's. In the first few pages you will laugh and at the 2nd part you will cry and at the last you will get know what really Islam and how it changed the entire world. Sep 25, Lina rated it really liked it. I absolutely loved this book, the soft-manner of writing and easy read made it that much more enjoyable.

I definitely related to it, and the spiritual aspect is what hit home for me. Many speak of Islam as if a rule book, but they forget the spirituality, intentions, love, and mercy. I've seen that several people attacked this book and the writer as being inaccurate and too progressive, but what they fail to realize is that their views are based on conservative schools of thought lik A MUST READ! I've seen that several people attacked this book and the writer as being inaccurate and too progressive, but what they fail to realize is that their views are based on conservative schools of thought like Shafi'i and Hanbali , and hers seem to be from the more liberal schools Hanafi and Maliki.

They have been there for decades, and are based on scholarly work ijtihad by Muslim Scholars and prophetic traditions. All schools of thought are respected by one another and guide us in matters that are vaguely stated in the Quran through prophetic tradition, so though two different schools have two different views on a subject, and are supported by factual saheeh hadeeths, not one can say the other is incorrect but only that they have a different opinion in this matter based on their ijtihad. It's when people base their opinions on conservative cultural tradition, and then try to act like they have more knowledge than scholars and have done little to no research on what all schools say about controversial subjects , is when this attack takes place.

Though, I do think in some areas she wasn't clear or used the wrong words to explain like when she spoke about how the Taj Mahal had a black stone so not to be perfect, because only God is, but the thing is the Taj Mahal will still be imperfect even without that black stone, because only God is anyway , also another part is when she was talking about shrines, though she said we only believe in praying to God, talking about praying at shrines is ok because people do it, but she should have stressed the point that it isn't ok, even if someone is more spiritual than we are, God will still listen to us, we don't need to go to someone to pray for us, we already have a direct connection with God.

But other than that, I think in general she really did a good job.

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Finally, this book is about why ASMA HASAN is a Muslim, people say there are better books to learn about Islam, but this is her experience in Islam she did not write a scholarly book it's a book based on her experience, and actually it is a GREAT book to learn about a side of Islam that has been oppressed by conservatives and the like. So there you have it! Jan 03, Sarah Lameche rated it it was ok Shelves: When I first started reading this book, I wondered why i had bought it.

It was on sale. As a Muslim it was boring me. It read like a starter book on snippets of Islam. Then she spoke about Sufism in depth. Now as much as I find Sufism very interesting it seemed to go on for a long time.

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For a non Muslim this would probably be rather interesting though. I read on and it felt like the auth When I first started reading this book, I wondered why i had bought it.

I read on and it felt like the author seemed to quote Karen Armstrong rather often. Or just English translations of the Quran? Some of the things she says are not common thought amongst many Muslims. A major thing the difference of opinion on Aichas age at marriage was not even discussed. This surprised me a little but then I supposed this book is about her beliefs no one else's. Towards the end of the book she states some cultural practises are harmless having happily married women around at south Asian weddings.

Yet previously this practise stopped a widow being more involved in her own daughters wedding?

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Not so harmless after all.. However I appreciate she makes it quite clear that's this is cultural and not Islamic. Parts of this book bored me. Parts of it surprised me. Yet I also enjoyed a lot of it. I would definitely recommend it to non Muslims. But not too sure what a Muslim would get out of it. My fault, not the authors. She didn't tell me to read it! Nov 11, Lars rated it really liked it. Trying to find time for this and a few other books in anticipation of a future class HIS Intro to Islamic Civilization. Oct 04, Constance Chevalier rated it really liked it. Very insightful and thought provoking.

Jun 26, Doreen rated it liked it.