唐·沃森（Don Watson）澳大利亚著名作家、历史学家和公共演讲家。长年为澳大利亚的传奇电视剧《男仆报告》撰写政治讽刺剧本，电影作品则包括《控告上帝的人》和《激情》。在过去三十年，他在政治、历史和文化方面的文章及评论屡屡见诸澳大利亚各报刊，出版的专著好评如潮、畅销不衰，包括《流血之心的回忆》《死刑》《沃森的遁词词典》《美国之旅》《灵活的学问》《丛林》《恶词》等。已两次荣膺《时代报》年度图书奖和独立书商年度图书奖，阿尔弗雷德.迪肯美文奖、澳大利亚文学研究学会年度图书奖、沃克利奖、新南威尔士州长文学奖、菲利普.霍金斯澳大利亚文学金奖等。曾长期担任澳大利亚总理的演讲撰稿人，并定期举办职业写作艺术工作坊。现与作家克罗伊.胡珀及两个孩子居住在墨尔本。

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the Continent.

With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.

It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but Madeline finds help from a magical merchant peddling flying carpets door-to-door. Now the girls are going on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget their sniffles a...(展开全部)

It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but Madeline finds help from a magical merchant peddling flying carpet door-to-door. Now the girls are going on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget all about their sn...(展开全部)

雷蒙德·布里格斯，1934年出生于英国伦敦南郊的一个工人家庭，15岁进入温布尔顿艺术学校，接受正规的艺术教育。作品丰富，曾两次获得凯特·格林威大奖，并获得过荷兰银画笔奖、英国弗朗西斯·威廉奖等多项大奖。作品被翻译成多种文字，并被改编成动画片。

"In a sequence of enchanting vignettes, Father Christmas makes careful preparations for his annual sleigh ride. . . . One of the most irresistible yuletide books to appear in many years."--Horn Book. A Kate Greenaway Medal Book.

Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the Continent.