Tony Ballantyne Knihy

The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Māori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Christianity among influential Māori chiefs had far-reaching consequences for both groups. Deftly reconstructing cross-cultural translations and struggles over such concepts and practices as civilization, work, time and space, and gender, he identifies the physical body as the most contentious site of cultural engagement, with Māori and missionaries struggling over hygiene, tattooing, clothing, and sexual morality. Entanglements of Empire is particularly concerned with how, as a result of their encounters in the classroom, chapel, kitchen, and farmyard, Māori and the English mutually influenced each other’s worldviews. Concluding in 1840 with New Zealand’s formal colonization, this book offers an important contribution to debates over religion and empire.

The geography-warping invasion that took over London has been defeated, but thousands of Londonders are missing...

In a distant future plagued by an intelligent virus, a solitary woman faces a destructive mission that threatens her entire world.

Herb returns to the remote planet he has been furtively trying to build a city on, to find it a swarming nightmare of self-replicating machinery. Eva has taken desperate steps to escape the tedium of her pointless life... only to end up in the super-intelligent clutches of a yellow mechanical digger. Constantine arrives at the remote part-idyllic, part-nightmare settlement of Stonebreak and - unsettlingly - begins to confront the truth of his own unreality. Meanwhile in the farthest reaches of outer space, the Enemy is plotting the final overthrow of the human race which created it.

All human life in the distant future is benignly monitored by the omnipresent watcher – but what if the watcher itself turns out to be a murderer?

Exploring the complexities of colonization, this work delves into the intertwined cultural and economic impacts on societies. It examines how colonization reshapes identities, economies, and social structures, revealing the often hidden consequences of these historical processes. By analyzing various case studies, the book highlights the ongoing legacies of colonization and encourages readers to reconsider conventional narratives surrounding this pivotal aspect of history.

In a future where technology reigns, the emergence of Robot Wars signals a new era of conflict and competition. As machines battle for supremacy, human involvement becomes crucial, leading to unexpected alliances and betrayals. The narrative explores themes of innovation, ethics in artificial intelligence, and the consequences of humanity's reliance on technology. Characters navigate a landscape of both thrilling action and moral dilemmas, raising questions about the future of human-machine relationships.

Captain Jim Wedderburn has looks, style and courage by the bucketful. He's adored by women, respected by men and feared by his enemies. He's the man to find out who has twisted London into this strange new world, and he knows it. But in Dream London the city changes a little every night and now everyone is changing, no one is who they seem to be.