THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME. II: AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOSIS. Edited by R. A. Asherson, R. Cervera, J.-C. Piette and Y. Shoenfeld. $149 Elsevier Science, Amsterdam 2002. 480 pages ISBN 0 444 50987 9.

Since the first edition of this book there has been a considerableamount of interest and research into the antiphospholipid syndrome(APS) and the spectrum of autoantibodies, known as antiphospholipidantibodies (aPL), with which it is associated. Increasing numbersof potential antigenic stimuli for aPL have been described,as well as numerous trials of different     

KELLEY'S TEXTBOOK OF RHEUMATOLOGY, 7th edition (in 2 volumes). Edited by E. D. Harris Jr, R. C. Budd, G. S. Firestein et al. Elsevier Saunders, 2004. 1916 pp. ISBN 0721601413.

This book is one of the bibles of rheumatology and a definitemust for every rheumatologist or scientist interested in rheumatology.It should be a standard