This is a book whose author obviously has a deep love for Scotland and equally obviously knows it intimately. ...the book is certainly comprehensive, but the overall physical size has been kept to a minimum, with added durability coming from the hard covers. As a result you have a comprehensive guide to the Highlands and islands which is almost pocket sized, and certainly rucksack pocket sized. In terms of contents, everything you might expect, want or need is here, from travel to food and drink, and from wild camping to Internet access. Most of the book is given over to sections about geographical regions, in which information is keyed into adequate maps of areas, islands and some towns, supplemented by a full colour mini atlas of the whole country. The approach adopted in the body of the book carries over from the introduction quoted above. Alan Murphy has a style that reads well, and while the fairly condensed conveyance of facts is inevitably a constraint, the author's approach adds much to the experience of finding out what you need to know: or browsing through the book while simply looking for ideas. www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk