Jan Cerny (185 results)

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Condition: Good. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects. Cerny, Jan (illustrator) (illustrator).

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Condition: Very Good. F. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Cerny, Jan (illustrator) (illustrator).

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Published by Caxton Editions, London, United Kingdom, 1998
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Summary: Over 30 magical stories about giants, witches, fairies, dragons, trolls and other strange creatures from various countries who get into all sorts of adventures. Cerny, Jan (illustrator) (illustrator).

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Encounter August 1964 / Germany - A Special Number Gunter Grass "5 poems" / Erich Heller "The Importance Of Nietzsche" / Goronwy Rees "From Berlin To Munich" / Siegfried Melchinger "The Opulent Culture"
Stephen Spender & Melvin Lasky (Editors) /Arnold Toynbee "Pandit Nehru: A Memoir" / Isaac Babel "My First Fee (story)" /H J Eysenck "The Verdict On Smoking" / Luigi Barzini "Peaceful Invasion" / R V Burks "The Thaw" / Jan Kott "Hamlet Of The Mid-Century" / Zulfikar Ghose "Warning To Children (poetry)" / Maurice Cranston "Sartre's Commitment" / Hans Kohn "Towards A Balance Sheet" / Carl Cerny "Storm Over Max Weber"
Published by Encounter, 1964
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. Arnold Toynbee "Pandit Nehru: A Memoir" / Isaac Babel "My First Fee (story)" /H J Eysenck "The Verdict On Smoking" / Luigi Barzini "Peaceful Invasion" / R V Burks "The Thaw" / Jan Kott "Hamlet Of The Mid-Century" / Zulfikar Ghose "Warning To Children (poetry)" / Maurice Cranston "Sartre's Commitment" / Hans Kohn "Towards A Balance Sheet" / Carl Cerny "Storm Over Max Weber".…
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Published by Albatros, 1986
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Einriss uber 1 cm. Prostrednictvim tajemnych, napinavych a nekdy veselych pribehu nahledneme do davnych casu, kdy se po cestach prohaneli statecni rytiri na konich, damy se oblekali do dlouhych rob a vozili se v nepohodlnych kocarech, v Cechach se tezilo zlato a stribro a pohadkovi skritci trestali za nepoctivost. Vypraveni nas zavede ke kouzelnym studnam, do carovneho lesa, ci tajemneho podzemi a pomuze nam odhalit tajemstvi mistnich nazvu ulic, domu a mist. Tato vypravna publikace je doplnena poutavymi ilustracemi Vitezslavy Klimtove.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1972
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Ohne Schutzumschlag; Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Wasserschaden. Romanove vypraveni o dvou mladych lidech z Prahy, kteri se rozhodnou natrvalo usadit v opustenem starem mlyne na Sumave, ktery premeni ve vlidne pohostinstvi. Svym pokusem vybudovat holyma rukama z polorozpadleho opusteneho mlyna horsky hotel, si chteji dokazat, co v nich je. Setkavaji se s prekazkami, ktere jsou nad jejich sily - s nemilosrdnymi prirodnimi zivly a zpocatku i neduverivym postojem sveraznych mistnich obyvatel. Ale nepodlehnou. Neprohraji totiz to hlavni, oc jim jde - nachazeji svuj raj, a to predevsim sami v sobe. Idylicky pribeh zamilovaneho paru postupne prerusta ve velke milostne i lidske drama, kdy uvedomeni si opravdovych zivotnich hodnot nakonec ziska vrch nad veskerym banalnim clovecim pachtenim. Hlavni hodnotou je v teto knize hluboky citovy vztah mlade dvojice, ktery autor vystavil overovanim primitivnich zivotnich podminek na sumavske samote. …
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Published by Albatros, 1976
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Einriss uber 1 cm; Wasserschaden. Nechteli jsme na more (1937, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea) je sedmy dil romanoveho cyklu anglickeho spisovatele Arthura Ransoma o prazdninovych dobrodruzstvich dvou detskych sourozeneckych skupin, ktere se nazyvaji Vlastovky a Amazonky, a jejich pratel. Kniha vypravi o tom, jak se Vlastovky(sourozenci Walkerovi) setkaji o prazdninach, ktere travi v primorske oblasti, s mladym namornikem Jimem a na jeho plachetnici Hastrman se chystaji na plavbu po rece. Shodou nestastnych okolnosti je ale Hastrman jen s detmi na palube odnesen proudem z pristavu a ocita se v mlze a vetrne bouri na mori. V obave pred nebezpecnymi melcinami pri pobrezi se deti vydaji s Hastrmanem na volne Severni more a pluji z Anglie do Holandska.…
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Softcover. Condition: As New. Vse o internetove erotice, eroticke magaziny, seznamky, celebrity, amateri., webcamery, eroticke chaty., pohled sexuologa.
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Published by Albatros, 1982
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Starke Gebrauchsspuren. Pan Tomas, historik umeni a pracovnik polskeho ministerstva kultury, je poverovan svym ministerstvem patranim po zmizelych, ukradenych a jinak zasantrocenych umeleckych pamatkach. Kluci z pionyrskeho tabora, s nimiz se seznamil pri svem prvnim dobrodruzstvi, mu dali prezdivku panAutak - podle stareho vehiklu, v nemz jezdi. To auto je ovsem vehikl jen napohled - vsichni se mu posmivaji a netusi, ze pod legracni kapotou se skryva nejnovejsi motor Ferrari 410 se zvlastnim zarizenim, jez cini vozidlo obojzivelnym. S timhle autickem jel pan Tomas za pomoci kluku hledat poklad templaru k polskemu hradu Malborku, a s nim se nyni vypravi az do Prahy. Puvodne pronasleduje zlodeje, kteri pasuji polske starobyle ikony pres Prahu do Vidne, ale v Praze se situace neocekavane zamota a pan Autak musi sve detektivni nadani uplatnit i v dalsich napinavych zahadach.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1979
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Tato novela prinesla zavaznejsi tema, kritiku soucasne penezni moralky orientovane honbou za penezi, pretvarky, vystupovani rodiny na verejnosti a v soukromi. Jmenovec slavneho sachisty Bobby Fischer, rovnez talentovany hrac, bouri se proti rodinne chamtivosti a pokrytectvi. Rodinna katastrofa v zaveru vymanuje Bobbyho z neprizniveho vlivu rodiny. …
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1986
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Vybor povidek a crt z venkovskeho zidovskeho prostredi druhe poloviny 19. stol. Kniha je rozdelena do dvou oddilu, "Modche a Rezi" a "Doma i jinde".
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Published by Albatros, 1986
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Beschadigung. Prostrednictvim tajemnych, napinavych a nekdy veselych pribehu nahledneme do davnych casu, kdy se po cestach prohaneli statecni rytiri na konich, damy se oblekali do dlouhych rob a vozili se v nepohodlnych kocarech, v Cechach se tezilo zlato a stribro a pohadkovi skritci trestali za nepoctivost. Vypraveni nas zavede ke kouzelnym studnam, do carovneho lesa, ci tajemneho podzemi a pomuze nam odhalit tajemstvi mistnich nazvu ulic, domu a mist. Tato vypravna publikace je doplnena poutavymi ilustracemi Vitezslavy Klimtove.…
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Vse o internetove erotice, eroticke magaziny, seznamky, celebrity, amateri., webcamery, eroticke chaty., pohled sexuologa.
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Published by Albatros, 1983
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Einriss uber 1 cm. Pohadky a pribehy z Male Strany. Kam bezi modra liska? - Na Kampu prece. Nove vydani legendarni detske knihy Andreje Gjurice, ktera v jedinecnem rytmu vypravi pribehy z Male Strany, vychazi vice nez po triceti letech od prvniho vydani. Gjuric v ni vytvoril vlastni mytologii,svet zabydleny bubaky, vodniky, ale i obycejnymi lidmi. Jedno z nejmagictejsich mist Prahy, tak oziva v novodobych mytech, ktere svou pusobivosti okouzli nejen deti, ale i rodice, kteri jim pribehy budou cist. 13-734-83. …
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Published by Albatros, 1980
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Beschadigung. Vlastovky a Amazonky tentokrat tabori na neznamem ostrove pri pobrezi. Hraji si na trosecniky - cestovatele, zkoumaji tajuplne prulivy a vytvareji si vlastni mapu oblasti, ktera se s kazdym prilivem a odlivem dramaticky meni. Seznami s skupinou deti (domorodci) a spolu zaziji mnoha dobrodruzstvi. Edice Strelka.…
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Verschmutzung; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten. Povesti z koralkoveho kraje Zeleznobrodska a Jablonecka.
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Published by Albatros, 1971
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Ohne Schutzumschlag; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Obsahem knihy byvaleho britskeho namorniho dustojnika je pribeh, ve kterem se prazdninova hra u jednoho z jezer v tzv. Jezerni oblasti (Lake District) v severozapadni Anglii (jezero v knize je slozeno ze skutecnych realii kolem jezer Windermere a Coniston) zmeni s prispenim detske fantazie (a za porozumeni rodicu) na boj o maly ostrov Divokych kocek, ktery lezi uprostred jezera. Mezi detmi se tak zrodi pratelstvi na mnoho let. Ransome ve sve knize dale vypravi o zivote ve stanovem tabore, o boji s piratem kapitanem Flintem (stryc Amazonek Jim neboli James Turner), o plachteni na jezere a o cele rade dalsich prihod, ktere spolu Vlastovky a Amazonky zazivaji. 13-067-71.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1980
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Einriss bis 1 cm; Einriss uber 1 cm. Romanove vypraveni o dvou mladych lidech z Prahy, kteri se rozhodnou natrvalo usadit v opustenem starem mlyne na Sumave, ktery premeni ve vlidne pohostinstvi. Svym pokusem vybudovat holyma rukama z polorozpadleho opusteneho mlyna horsky hotel, si chteji dokazat, co v nich je. Setkavaji se s prekazkami, ktere jsou nad jejich sily - s nemilosrdnymi prirodnimi zivly a zpocatku i neduverivym postojem sveraznych mistnich obyvatel. Ale nepodlehnou. Neprohraji totiz to hlavni, oc jim jde - nachazeji svuj raj, a to predevsim sami v sobe. Idylicky pribeh zamilovaneho paru postupne prerusta ve velke milostne i lidske drama, kdy uvedomeni si opravdovych zivotnich hodnot nakonec ziska vrch nad veskerym banalnim clovecim pachtenim. Hlavni hodnotou je v teto knize hluboky citovy vztah mlade dvojice, ktery autor vystavil overovanim primitivnich zivotnich podminek na sumavske samote. …
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Published by Avicenum, 1981
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Published by Albatros, 1980
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Starke Gebrauchsspuren; Einriss uber 1 cm. Vlastovky a Amazonky tentokrat tabori na neznamem ostrove pri pobrezi. Hraji si na trosecniky - cestovatele, zkoumaji tajuplne prulivy a vytvareji si vlastni mapu oblasti, ktera se s kazdym prilivem a odlivem dramaticky meni. Seznami s skupinou deti (domorodci) a spolu zaziji mnoha dobrodruzstvi. Edice Strelka.…
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Verschmutzung; Aus einer Bibliothek ausgesondert/ Stempel; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Vlastovky, Amazonky a kapitan Flint se plavi na Lachtanu po severozapadnim pobrezi Skotska u ostrovu Skye a Lewis. Dick zjisti, ze na jednom z ostrovu asi hnizdi vzacna Potaplice severni, ci ledni? Tento ptak dosud nikdy na Britskych ostrovech nehnizdil. Je potreba Potaplici chranit prednebezpecnym ptacnikem. …
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1980
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Published by Albatros, 1983
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Verschmutzung; Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Polopohadkova vesela vypraveni o prihodach tri Stanislavu.
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Published by Albatros, 1989
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Kam bezi modra liska? Na Kampu - a kdyz pobezite za ni, zavede vas do starobylych domu a palacu, zserelych tajemnych zakouti, nadvori a zahrad, v nichz jako by se zastavil cas. Ctyri pohadkove pribehy, z nichz kazdy se odehrava v jinem rocnim obdobi, predstavuji plejaduzvlastnich bytosti, zaramovanych promenlivou a okouzlujici atmosferou Male Strany - vodniky, tajemneho mlzneho kone, pramenne muziky, duhoveho bubaka. Pry tu od pradavna ziji. Nebo neziji? Ale to uz zalezi na vas a vasem uvereni.…
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Published by Albatros, 1975
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Pribeh dvou chlapcu ze slovenske vesnice zachycuje posledni dny valky a osvobozeni Rudou armadou.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Zpola realne, zpola pohadkove vypraveni o skolackovi, ktery si ze zaludu udelal duboveho muzicka, jenz ho vsude doprovazi. Ctenar se pobavi a pozna velkou zivotni hodnotu, kterou je pratelstvi a pomoc druhemu.…
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Pribeh dvou chlapcu ze slovenske vesnice zachycuje posledni dny valky a osvobozeni Rudou armadou.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Sourozenci Dick a Dorotka, kteri se ctenarum predstavili v Zamrzle lodi kapitana Flinta, prijizdeji do povodi anglickych rek Yare a Bure stravit velikonocni prazdniny. Pote co se v zime seznamili s Vlastovkami a Amazonkami se tady seznami s detmi z klubu Lysek - dvojcaty Levkou a Pravkou a nekolika dalsimi. Sdruzeni ma za cil chranit hnizdici Lysky a dalsi ptaky. A Ti take ochranu potrebuji, zejmena pred bezohlednou posadkou motoroveho clunu Margoletta - Tomem Kestrelem, podezrelym z odvazovani lodi a skupinou mladych hejsku, zvanych Hrubiani. A tak Dicka a Dorotku ceka plavba po rece ve spolecnosti klubu Lysek (tady si doplni sve namornicke znalosti), velke problemy s posadkou clunu Margoletta a cela rada dobrodruznych prihod. Ransome, sam byvaly namornik, vystihuje rozdil mezi plavbou na jezere a plavbou na frekventovanych norfolskych rekach a ricnich kanalech, seznamuje ctenare s ruznymi typy lodi a ukazuje namorni velmoc opet z jine stranky. Ale vic vam uz neprozradime - to vs.…