The Suez crisis was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 followed by France and the United Kingdom. The purpose was to remove the then Egyptian President and take control of the Suez canal, which was vital to western Europe for moving goods. Egypts had just nationalised the canal. This was a humiliating defeat for the invaders and resulted in petrol rationing in the U.K. This then led to a slump in the sales of large cars and the market for German bubble cars boomed. This led to Leonard Lord, the head of BMC and the man who detested these foreign small cars to call for a British small car. This was the birth of the mini. This car became a favourite with the swinging sixties celebrity set and was featured in the famous Michael Caine movie The Italian job, where Caine's character, Charlie Croker, utters the famous line ` you're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off' The material in this book should be accessible to an year 8 student and as such should be ideal reading material for the vast majority of students in schools and F.E. colleges. This book is in a series on old technology and is specifically designed to develop reading in teenage males. We were asked by a Midlands College to provide something that encouraged young males to read, since they were literally not reading anything. Since many of them will be weak readers, the book also comes with an audio recording on a disc. The student can then, if they need to, listen to the audio as they read. This will be of interest to schools, colleges and academies where there are reluctant readers.

Book Information
ISBN 9781842855157
Author Ed Carlow
Format Paperback
Page Count 40
Imprint Hamilton-Vale Publishing
Publisher GLMP Ltd