Most Popular Books by Phil Mason

"You know the trouble with the French? They don''t even have a word for entrepreneur!" George W. Bush "I''m making absolutely no comment... and no, I did not!" Boris Johnson If you want to hear something stupid, just listen to the nearest politician. This is a further collection of the often unbelievable verbal blunders, indiscretions, regrettable promises, about-turns, deceptions and lies that politiciansspeak. Ranging across the centuries and across the globe this salutary and hugely funny book comes bang up-to-date with all those immortal lines our leaders have accidentally made into classics. Here are some of the magnificent gaffes, fantastic faux pas and extraordinarily idiotic utterings from the great political names of our age, including George Bush, Gordon Brown, Barack Obama, David Cameron, Mitt Romney and Nicolas Sarkozy.

This is a memoir of running rock n roll tours all over the world, with major artists and bands and all of the craziness that goes with it. A real warts and all story of the behind the scenes goings on in the weird world of rock n roll. Phil Mason was a manager and organizer of tours and worked with the likes of Run-D.M.C., Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Billy Joel, The Police, Public Enemy, The Beat, General Public, The Pretenders, Commodores, Kool & The Gang, Slayer, Toto, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Talking Heads, Womack & Womack, Robert Palmer, David Bowie, Queen and more -- and he has wonderful stories to tell about it all. It is also the memoir of a kid from the backstreets of Birmingham who rose from working at the Bourneville Cadbury''s factory to running major international tours. It is a cultural history of the times and a great read about the way the world works, from meeting Howards Marks, bumping into ''The Serpent'' in jail in India and mixing wit the high and mighty.

Our view of the famous is one-dimensional; leading figures from history are pigeon-holed – Churchill the war-time genius, Gandhi the poor ascetic – but nobody is perfect and even the famous have their quirks, eccentricities and hidden secrets. And What Needled Cleopatra? reveals the often hilarious, sometimes shocking and always highly informative foibles of the great and the good.The book features the Prime Minister who, in three months, wrote 151 love letters to his mistress during Cabinet meetings; the US President who preferred to conduct business while sitting on the toilet; and the hidden side of Abraham Lincoln, ‘the Great Emancipator’ who believed in slavery.There is a cavalcade of history’s other big names with little-known foibles. Hitler possibly has a Jewish ancestor; Einstein, the cleverest man who lived, regularly forgot his shoes and never learned to drive; and Karl Marx went on regular pub crawls around London while writing his epic treatise on communism.Creators of children’s idylls such as Walt Disney and Enid Blyton had deeply unpleasant darker sides to their characters, while Picasso avoided paying restaurant bills by doodling on their napkins instead.What Needled Cleopatra? will change the way you think about those you thought you knew well.Phil Mason has amassed one of the country’s largest private collections of cuttings and books chronicling the weird and the strange. Amongst other books he has authored Mission Accomplished with Mathew Parris, a compilation of misplaced predictions by Parliamentarians and Christmas hit, Napoleon’s Haemorrhoids.

A treasury of things politicians wish they had never said.

Phil Mason From the quick wit and insightful musings of the creator of numerous books of church and clerical humor comes a year''s worth of mirth and merriment. An ideal gift suitable for wide readership.

This is a fresh set of merry jests collected by the author, many contributed by friends and fans from around the world.

"Our view of the famous is one-dimensional. Leading figures from history are pigeon-holed : Churchill the war-time genius, Gandhi the poor ascetic - but nobody is perfect and even the famous have their quirks, eccentricities and hidden secrets. And What Needled Cleopatra? reveals the often hilarious, sometimes shocking and always highly informative foibles of the great and the good. The book features the Prime Minister who, in three months, wrote 151 love letters to his mistress during Cabinet meetings; the US President who preferred to conduct business while sitting on the toilet; and the hidden side of Abraham Lincoln, ''the Great Emancipator'' who believed in slavery. There is a cavalcade of history''s other big names with little-known foibles. Hitler possibly has a Jewish ancestor; Einstein, the cleverest man who lived, regularly forgot his shoes and never learned to drive; and Karl Marx went on regular pub crawls around London while writing his epic treatise on communism. Creators of children''s idylls such as Walt Disney and Enid Blyton had deeply unpleasant darker sides to their characters, while Picasso avoided paying restaurant bills by doodling on their napkins instead. What Needled Cleopatra? will change the way you think about those you thought you knew well."--Publisher description.

A wonderfully inexpensive back to back pack of two humour titles

This volume is a collection of fully illustrated jokes and stories inspired by children. The witticisms included are of a Christian nature.