Biomedical Data Science: A Step-by-Step Guide to Analysis and Interpretation is a practical roadmap for transforming complex biomedical data into reliable insights. Designed for readers at the crossroads of biology, medicine, and computation, the book walks readers through the entire lifecycle of analysis, from formulating clear questions to designing robust studies, quantifying uncertainty, building and validating models, and interpreting results responsibly.Instead of overwhelmin...

Now a major motion picture starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones–coming to Netflix on November 21!A New York Times Notable Book for 2011One of The Economist**'s 2011 Books of the Year**One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes

Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That's me.This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disa...

Nobody really knows who these men are- men in black dropped off by a helicopter on the outskirts of a small Afghan village; wading through swamps in Croatia, intent on killing a war criminal; who ensure the protection of a Canadian General in Rwanda; who subdue hostage takers in Peru; and who prove, on-site, the Serbian disarmament lies told by President Milosevic. DENIS MORISSET was part of the initial sixteen-member Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2) unit from 1993-2001. His extensive and rigoro...

RELIVE QUEEN'S ICONIC MAGIC TOUR - AND FREDDIE MERCURY'S POIGNANT FINAL PERFORMANCE - 40 YEARS ON, WITH MORE THAN 200 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE TOUR'S OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.INCLUDES MANY IMAGES WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE NOW.Marking 40 years since their iconic Magic tour and Freddie Mercury's final performance with the band, Queen : Forever is a glorious tribute to a band like no other.In 1986, legendary ...

The next chapter in the continuing adventures of Everett and Naomi may be their most difficult yet. The world is at the brink of all-out war and each warring faction seems to believe that Everett and Naomi hold the key to turning the tides of victory to their own favor. Along with the help of their new ally, the long-time spy Hector, the group must evade capture by Japanese, Russian, and German forces looking to exploit the duo’s strange connection to the Obscure Technologies, which may pr...

"A superb and well written book, highly recommended as a true account of one man's war from Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic during WWII." —The ArmourerAlthough strictly forbidden to keep diaries, Denis Edwards managed to record his experiences throughout nearly all his time in Europe in 1944–45. He brilliantly conveys what it was like to be facing death, day after day, night after night, with never a bed to sleep in nor a hot meal to go home to. This is warfare in the ...

From the curious clauses in a miser's will, to a plea for help on a tiny scrap of paper, these six cases, from the early years of Holmes's career in the 1880s, present a singular collection of mysteries for the world's first consulting detective to resolve.What is the significance of the arrival in the post one morning of a cardboard packet of children's bricks? Who is the man found dying in a deserted warehouse in London's East End, and what is he doing there? Why have the names of a coup...

"A book of astonishing detail and depth, by the best reporters on the subject. For those interested in the rise and fall of Wagner, this is a fascinating, necessary work of journalism and history". JOSHUA YAFFA, Correspondent for The New YorkerThe name Wagner stands for a infamous private military company that serves the interests of Russian officials while exploiting and hurting locals in numerous African countries, Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere. The troopers call ...

Charming Coraline is hired as the private tutor to the young son of rich landlords. Her mission is to entertain her too studious pupil, Vernère. He is only a child, but one with a brilliant and indefatigable mind solely focused on books and inventions. To top it off, he is quite unpleasant. Coraline nonetheless tries to understand him while gradually discovering the strange and surprising universe of the mansion, whose nocturnal ambiance seems so amenable for very strange dreams… Muse is a...

American master Denis Johnson's nationally bestselling collection of blistering and indelible tales about America's outcasts and wanderers.Denis Johnson's now classic story collection Jesus' Son chronicles a wild netherworld of addicts and lost souls, a violent and disordered landscape that encompasses every extreme of American culture. These are stories of transcendence and spiraling grief, of hallucinations and glories, of getting lost and found and lost...

From the National Book Award–winning, bestselling author of Tree of Smoke comes a provocative thriller set in the American West.Nobody Move, which first appeared in the pages of Playboy, is the story of an assortment of lowlifes in Bakersfield, California, and their cat-and-mouse game over $2.3 million. Touched by echoes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, Nobody Move is at once an homage to and a variation on literary form. It salutes one of our mo...