[...] This book is dedicated to the most fascinating lighthouses in the world, the lighthouses of our dreams, history, movie legends, and novels: the small, slender isolated lighthouses amidst the foam of a stormy coast, accessible only by sea, visited only by seagulls and inhabited by an old retired sailor who receives mail only once a week. Exciting photographs during a storm or in the middle of the night, and views from the inside (with the most unusual furnishings) accompany the descriptions of lighthouses throughout the centuries, their technological evolution, and the complex psychology of their solitude. The book describes the individual characteristics, location, and history of these exceptional coastal monuments, which are starting to disappear today.