Now that Christmas and the New Year are behind us the nights are becoming a little longer with each passing day. Nevertheless, there's still loads of cold winter nights left to endure (unless you're in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case – throw me a shrimp on the barbie!). It's time to dust off your New Year resolutions from last year (remember those?) and get ready for a new start, a new you and learn some new data skills. I've thrown together a collection of five excellent (and free!) Data Science eBooks for your Kindle to sharpen up your ninja skills while you're on the long commute to work. Just try not to read them while driving!

If you're a regular visitor to our website you'll know that every month we scour the internet seeking out free eBooks to help you on your educational journey. Well, it has been so popular that we decided to create a regular monthly series here at Data Science Central. I hope this will prove to be a valuable resource to you that you will visit regularly (and invite your friends too). This month, we're taking advantage of O'Reilly offering a few of their Data Science eBooks for FREE and have picked up a few for you that we think you will find interesting. These are short and easy reports for you to read, so grab a coffee and a Danish, and let's get started... Going Pro in Data Science by Jerry Overton Digging for answers to your pressing business questions probably won't resemble those tidy case studies that lead you step-by-step from data collection to cool insights.

If you're a regular visitor to our website you'll know that every month we scour the internet seeking out free eBooks to help you on your educational journey. Well, it has been so popular that we decided to create a regular monthly series here at Data Science Central. I hope this will prove to be a valuable resource to you that you will visit regularly (and invite your friends too). This month, we're taking advantage of O'Reilly offering a few of their Data Science eBooks for FREE and have picked up a few for you that we think you will find interesting. These are short and easy reports for you to read, so grab a coffee and a Danish, and let's get started... Going Pro in Data Science by Jerry Overton Digging for answers to your pressing business questions probably won't resemble those tidy case studies that lead you step-by-step from data collection to cool insights.