Useful books to read
Statistics Explained, An Introductory Guide for Life Scientists by Steve McKillup
Choosing and Using Statistics: A Biologist's Guide. 2nd edition. by Calvin Dytham
Experimental Design & Data Analysis for Biologists by Gerry Quinn & Mick Keough
The R Book 2nd Edition by Michael J. Crawley
Thesis writing:
Writing in the Biological Sciences: A Comprehensive Resource for Scientific Communication Third Edition by Angelika Hofmann.
The Craft of Research by Booth, Colomb and Williams 2008 (3rd edition).
How to Write a Better Thesis by Evans, Gruba and Zobel (3rd edition).