The book is a thorough presentatiion of the island with bilingual parallel texts. It includes information on the history of the island, the archaeological sites and findings, the environment, the economy, the architecture, the churches and monasteries as well as numerous photographs. It is also a user's guide for the respective DVD-ROM, including content from the electronic edition. The aim of the series is to offer a structured thesaurus of knowledge about the island that will point out its cultural distinctiveness.