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You can check out Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective by Stephen Marsland[0] which takes a less math-driven approach to ML. The code is available online if you want to take a look at it (it's written in Python)[1].

[0]: http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420067187

[1]: http://seat.massey.ac.nz/personal/s.r.marsland/MLBook.html