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The Underground Railroad

Author: Colson Whitehead
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from
Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes
a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South

Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad
for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even
greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground
Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned—Cora kills
a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north,
they are being hunted. In Whitehead’s ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere
metaphor—engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora and
Caesar’s first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city’s placid surface masks an
insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their
heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom.

Before the Fall

Author: Noah Hawley
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Mar-
tha’s Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens:
the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are the painter Scott Burroughs and a four-
year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media
mogul’s family. Was it by chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something more
sinister at work? A storm of media attention brings Scott fame that quickly morphs into notoriety
and accusations, and he scrambles to salvage truth from the wreckage. Amid trauma and chaos, the
fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy grows and glows at the heart of this stunning
novel, raising questions of fate, morality, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.

Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know

about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking

Author: Foster Provost & Tom Fawcett
Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for
Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the “da-
ta-analytic thinking” necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data
you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.
Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past ten years, Data
Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these princi-
ples. You’ll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data
scientists, but also how participate intelligently in your company’s data science projects. You’ll also
discover how to think data-analytically, and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-mak-
ing.
• Understand how data science fits in your organization—and how you can use it for competitive advantage
•Treat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you’re to gain real value
• Approach business problems data-analytically, using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate
way
• Learn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from data
• Apply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates