A serious guide to the natural history and topography of Lanzarote published in landscape format, a coffee-table book authored by scientists which is not only beautiful and replete with information but superbly illustrated with photographs and presented in three languages. The authors, Ulrike Strecker and Horst Wilkens, are biologists of the University of Hamburg. During many field trips they have gained extensive knowledge of Lanzarote’s different habitats and their unique flora and fauna. This volume is an impressive photographic documentation of their work.