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A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient

The American Southeast During the Sixteenth Century

By: Paul E. Hoffman

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A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient

The American Southeast During the Sixteenth Century

By: Paul E. Hoffman

Paul E. Hoffman's groundbreaking book focuses on a neglected area of colonial history -- southeastern North America during the sixteenth-century. Hoffman describes expeditions to the region, efforts at colonization, and rivalries between the French, Spanish, and English. He reveals the ways in which the explorers' expectations -- fueled by legends -- crumbled in the face of difficulties encountered along the southeastern coast. The first book to link the earliest voyages with the explorations of the sixteenth century and the settlement of later colonies, Hoffman's work is an important reassessment of southern colonial history.

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LSU Press

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0807164747

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9780807164747

Faith Shaping Ministry

By: Paul E. Hoffman

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Faith Shaping Ministry

By: Paul E. Hoffman

What happens after a congregation welcomes new Christians into its ministry? Building on the work of the first volume in this series, Faith Forming Faith, Paul Hoffman interprets how a congregation that intentionally practices baptism and its renewal is itself re-formed. Pastors, teachers, lay leaders, students of ministry, and people in the pew: all will find the compelling story of the ministry of Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle, Washington--one of our nation's most secular cities--to be an inspiring and practical primer for renewal. Who would have thought? Bringing others to the waters of baptism transforms those already at home in the congregation. In fact, this intentional spiritual practice completely transforms the parish and the lives of God's people. There are new discoveries to be made in the ancient treasures of the Church as these gifts are shared with those hungering and thirsting for a place at God's table.

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133

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1620325829

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9781620325827

Florida's Frontiers

By: Paul E. Hoffman

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Florida's Frontiers

By: Paul E. Hoffman

Florida has had many frontiers. Imagination, greed, missionary zeal, disease, war, and diplomacy have created its historical boundaries. Bodies of water, soil, flora and fauna, the patterns of Native American occupation, and ways of colonizing have defined Florida's frontiers. Paul E. Hoffman tells the story of those frontiers and how the land and the people shaped them during the three centuries from 1565 to 1860. For settlers to La Florida, the American Southeast ca. 1500, better natural and human resources were found on the piedmont and on the western side of Florida's central ridge, while the coasts and coastal plains proved far less inviting. But natural environment was only one important factor in the settlement of Florida. The Spaniards, the British, the Seminole and Miccosuki, the Spaniards once again, and finally Americans constructed their Florida frontiers in interaction with the Native Americans who were present, the vestiges of earlier frontiers, and international events. The near-completion of the range and township surveys by 1860 and of the deportation of most of the Seminole and Miccosuki mark the end of the Florida frontier, though frontier-like conditions persisted in many parts of the state into the early 20th century. For this major work of Florida history, Hoffman has drawn from a broad range of secondary works and from his intensive research in Spanish archival sources of the 16th and 17th centuries. Florida's Frontiers will be welcomed by students of history well beyond the Sunshine State.

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Indiana University Press

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0253108780

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9780253108784

The Stations of the Cross

Photographs and Meditations

By: Paul E. Hoffman

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The Stations of the Cross

Photographs and Meditations

By: Paul E. Hoffman

With simple narrative and lovely pictures, this inspiring devotional resource follows Christ on his final journey to the cross. Through it, the ancient rite of the stations finds a post-modern expression that is both fresh and poignant. Supplemented with Scriptural texts, this accessible set of devotions brings the wonder and mystery of Christ's compassion into the everyday lives of contemporary readers. The Stations of the Cross is an excellent resource for Lenten studies, individual devotional use, sermon preparation, or parish planning. The inclusion of Hoffman's own photos of the ten stations from churches and cathedrals in Western Europe adds an extra element of wonder, mystery, and awe.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1610971191

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9781610971195

Epidemics and Enslavement

Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715

By: Paul Kelton

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Epidemics and Enslavement

Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715

By: Paul Kelton

Tracing the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast, this work concludes that, while indigenous peoples suffered from an array of ailments before contact, Natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the sixteenth century.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803215576

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9780803215573

The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1

The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543

By: Lawrence A. Clayton,Edward C. Moore,Vernon James Knight

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The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1

The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543

By: Lawrence A. Clayton,Edward C. Moore,Vernon James Knight

“For those interested in De Soto and his expedition, these volumes are an absolute necessity.” —The Hispanic American Historical Review 1993 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with indigenous North Americans in the eastern half of the United States. De Soto and his army of over 600 men, including 200 cavalry, spent four years traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. The De Soto Chronicles Volume 1 and Volume 2 present for the first time all four primary accounts of the De Soto expedition together in English translation. The four primary accounts are generally referred to as Elvas, Rangel, Biedma (in Volume 1), and Garcilaso, or the Inca (in Volume 2). In this landmark 1993 publication, Clayton’s team presents the four accounts with literary and historical introductions. They further add brief essays about De Soto and the expedition, translations of De Soto documents from the Spanish Archivo General de Indias, two short biographies of De Soto, and bibliographical studies. For anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, The De Soto Chronicles are valued for the unique ethnological information they contain. They form the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America—the Mississippian culture—a culture largely lost in the wake of European contact.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817361774

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9780817361778

Faith Forming Faith

Bringing New Christians to Baptism and Beyond

By: Paul E. Hoffman

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Faith Forming Faith

Bringing New Christians to Baptism and Beyond

By: Paul E. Hoffman

Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle discovered that by forming the faith of new Christians and leading them to the waters of baptism, they as a parish were renewed and revitalized for mission in the world. Faith Forming Faith describes the year-long process of faith mentoring that has become the center of this congregation's ministry. Hoffman's easy narrative style weaves together solid pastoral and theological insights with the practical, real-life stories of lives transformed by a vibrant new faith--the lives of newcomers and long-time members alike. This is a great primer for anyone wanting more than a pastor's class, more than another curriculum. It is a book for pastors, parish leaders, or seminarians. But it's also a great witness to a skeptical, questioning world outside the Church as well, showing that a life of faith can be lived in a secular, questioning culture.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1621893405

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9781621893400

The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, 1535–1585

Precedent, Patrimonialism, and Royal Parsimony

By: Paul E. Hoffman

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The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, 1535–1585

Precedent, Patrimonialism, and Royal Parsimony

By: Paul E. Hoffman

Because of the legendary exploits of Sir Francis Drake, most people have heard of the sixteenth-century conflicts between the English and the Spanish in the New World. Paul Hoffman looks behind the legend to discover the reality of what the Spanish crown was doing to defend its empire against raiders such as Drake. Using quantitative as well as literary data on the costs, types, and locations of defenses and on the locations and types of corsair incidents, Hoffman documents the evolution of s system of defenses that he believes was adequate for confronting the violence of the French and English in the years before 1586. He suggests that the size of Drake’s expedition of 1586 was a response to this system and in turn caused the Spanish to abandon the system in favor of one that concentrated on the defense of the major towns and trade routes. Besides telling the complex story of how the Spanish built forts, installed garrisons and artillery, and patrolled the Caribbean, Hoffman discusses the ways in which the political system of the empire shaped decisions on defenses. Contrary to what many have believed, Hoffman concludes, Spain exhibited neither military failure nor timidity in its defense of hits interest in the New World. Sharing the results of his meticulous research about the Spanish Caribbean, Paul Hoffman examines an important period that legend has obscured.

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LSU Press

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0807124273

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9780807124277

Perl For Dummies

By: Paul Hoffman

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Perl For Dummies

By: Paul Hoffman

In the days before personal computers, BASIC was the easy programming language to learn, and serious programmers learned FORTRAN or COBOL to do “real work.” Today, many people have discovered that Perl is both a great beginning programming language and one that enables them to write powerful programs with little effort. If you’re interested in discovering how to program (or how others program), Perl For Dummies, 4th Edition, is for you. If you already know something about programming (but not about Perl), this book is also for you. If you’re already an expert programmer, you’re still welcome to read this book; you can just skip the basic stuff (you never know what kind of new tips and tricks you’ll pick up). This reference guide shows you how to use Perl under many different operating systems, such as UNIX, many flavors of Windows (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows XP), and Macintosh OS 9 and OS X; in fact, Perl runs on many more operating systems than these. Here's a sampling of what Perl For Dummies, 4th Edition, has to offer: Installing Perl on various platforms Nailing down the basics of building Perl programs Working with text and numbers Constructing lists and working with them Creating conditionals and loops Delving into more advanced features such as operators and functions Reading and writing files and directories Using subroutines for modularity Demystifying Web server programs Creating your own Internet clients The Perl programming language enables you to write fully working computer programs with just a few steps. It’s particularly good at common programming tasks, such as reading and writing text files, but it also excels at reducing the work that programmers have to do. Perl For Dummies, 4th Edition, shows you how to do all of that and how to modify programs to your heart’s content. After all, one of the common phrases in the world of Perl programmers is, “There's more than one way to do it.”

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John Wiley & Sons

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0764537504

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9780764537509

Mastering Macintosh Excel 2.2

By: Paul E. Hoffman

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Mastering Macintosh Excel 2.2

By: Paul E. Hoffman

This clarifies all the powerful new features of the standard business spreadsheet for the Macintosh PC by actually applying them to typical business applications. For both intermediate and advanced Excel users. 150 line drawings.

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Random House Puzzles & Games

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0553347098

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9780553347098

The Doctor Satan MEGAPACK®

The Complete Series from Weird Tales

By: Paul Ernst

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The Doctor Satan MEGAPACK®

The Complete Series from Weird Tales

By: Paul Ernst

Originally published in WEIRD TALES magazine in the 1930s, here is the complete Doctor Satan series -- fascinating tales about that weird genius of crime who calls himself Doctor Satan. He is no madman, but is as sane as you or I. An immensely rich man, he has turned to crime for the thrill of it, and strikes down those in his path ruthlessly, heartlessly, and thoroughly. He is master of amazing powers that make him the world's weirdest criminal. If you have not yet made the acquaintance of this fearsome master of crime, meet him today in THE DOCTOR SATAN MEGAPACK!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479429899

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9781479429899

Destination Internet & World Wide Web

By: Paul Hoffman

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Destination Internet & World Wide Web

By: Paul Hoffman

The definitive Internet-access guide for inexperienced and first-time computer owners. Historical and educational insight plus practical tips on use make this reference the total resource for Internet newcomers. Readers will learn the most important Internet buzz words and discover how to shop intelligently for Internet services and how to best take advantage of on-line time.

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Wiley Publishing

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1568844697

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9781568844695

The Internet Instant Reference

By: Paul Hoffman

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The Internet Instant Reference

By: Paul Hoffman

This bestseller targets all Internet users, providing quick alphabetic access to concepts and terminology associated with the Internet. This edition covers graphical and character-based user interfaces, making it well suited for all users. The book points to updated resources and changes on the Internet, and includes a new appendix showing various ways to get connected to the Internet.

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0782117198

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Book's by Paul E. Hoffman

A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient

A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient

Faith Shaping Ministry

Faith Shaping Ministry

Florida's Frontiers

Florida's Frontiers

The Stations of the Cross

The Stations of the Cross

Epidemics and Enslavement

Epidemics and Enslavement

The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1

The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1

Faith Forming Faith

Faith Forming Faith

The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, 1535–1585

The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, 1535–1585

Perl For Dummies

Perl For Dummies

Mastering Macintosh Excel 2.2

Mastering Macintosh Excel 2.2

The Doctor Satan MEGAPACK®

The Doctor Satan MEGAPACK®

Destination Internet & World Wide Web

Destination Internet & World Wide Web

The Internet Instant Reference

The Internet Instant Reference

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