A 24-page illustrated biography follows Marie Curie from Warsaw to Paris, through radioactivity research, family, loss, teaching and wartime radiography.
A 20-page illustrated retelling of Amaterasu and the Heavenly Rock Cave, following the Kojiki and distinguishing sacred tradition from history.
From a hidden cave to the throne of the gods, Zeus defeats Cronus and Typhoeus—but Greek myth leaves difficult questions about power, fear and justice.
Achilles abandons the battlefield, loses Patroclus and confronts a grieving father in this illustrated retelling of wrath and mercy from Homer’s Iliad.
Follow Confucius from the courts and roads of ancient China to a classroom legacy, exploring humane conduct, political disappointment and ideas still debated.
Who was Sun Tzu? Explore a disputed life, the Art of War’s lessons on judgment and costly conflict, and bamboo manuscripts that illuminate its history.
Akira Kurosawa brings a painter’s eye to cinema, questioning truth in Rashomon, staging Seven Samurai and returning to epic filmmaking with Ran.
Rejected pages give way to Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball and Dragon Quest as Akira Toriyama turns playful drawings into worlds shared by generations.
An apple, a prism and the Moon frame Isaac Newton’s search for nature’s rules, alongside calculus, fierce disputes and a second career at the Royal Mint.
A compass sparks Einstein’s curiosity. Follow his questions through the Bern patent office, the bending of spacetime, exile and the burdens of scientific fame.
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