Need Book recommendation: Shalizi book (Advanced Data Analysis from an Elementary Point of View) vs. Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning/ ESL)

Hi, I understand there have been many threads on such topics before. However I needed an opinion on comparing 2 books. Basically, I am looking for a ML book with a focus on the statistics side of things.

I saw the contents of shalizi's book (http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~cshalizi/ADAfaEPoV/ADAfaEPoV.pdf) , topics such as the "truth about linear regression' seem like they will go to the heart of the matter. In comparison there is Hastie/Tibshirani's ESL, which is quite famous. The range of topics seem pretty much the same in both.

So I need an opinion from somebody who has read Shalizi and maybe also ESL: Would you say Shalizi is a self contained enough resource, which doesn't skimp on the math? How would you compare this to ESL?