One of my favorites of last year easily. This is Seneca. This is a very old book. Seneca: Letters from a Stoic. Seneca was a very well-known Stoic thinker of the school of Stoicism of philosophy of the Hellenistic period. 

All of the letters of this book are exactly that. They're letters written to a student of his. And it's very much, 'you had this problem, I had a similar problem, this is how I handled it. 

Seneca was the advisor, basically, the mentoring guide to Nero, obviously there are interesting historical points there. But as far as someone who is able to not only help control an empire indirectly, but also amass wealth without being controlled by it, Seneca is an outstanding thinker and this is one of his most successful books.

Definitely one of the books I've recommended the most.  I’m going to be coming out with my own print or ebook version with original artwork just for the fuck of it.  Wow.  That’s the wine bringing the F bombs.  I was born on Long Island.  Keep that in mind, folks—rat tail and all.  In any case, so Seneca.

There’s a good Penguin classics translation called Letters From a Stoic. The audio version that I produced is the Tao of Seneca.  That’s one.