Thalassa Aventures Extrèmes

Clash of Extremes takes on the reigning orthodoxy that the American Civil War was waged over high moral principles. Marc Egnal contends that economics, more than any other factor, moved the country to war in 1861.

Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.

Camargue, Venice: the lagoon people. Like Venice, the Camargue is a land at sea level. Both are born in a semi-natural half-artificial environment and their respective inhabitants live, to the rhythm of their lagoon . It's their particularly colourful everyday life that Fanny Agostini shares with us. In the Camargue, humans coexist with nature on 150,000 hectares of ponds and lagoons and 100 kilometers of coastline. Initiatives to preserve it at best are many and varied. Emblematic of the Camargue territory, pink flamingos have lived there since the 16th century.

The debut solo album from Ioanna Gika (FKA IO Echo), 'Thalassa', takes its name from the primeval spirit of the sea, a nod to the singer's Greek heritage and a thematic touchstone for the self-produced 10 song set. Written in Greece during a period of familial grief and romantic dissolution, 'Thalassa' documents an unanchored soul facing nature at its most unforgiving. Gika's unique voice is laid bare, a beacon above the black water of dense, looming production that lies beneath. Her elegiac lyrics chart a path through her own mourning, while luring the ear like a sirens call. From expansive opener Roseate to the stark loneliness of closer Drifting, she channels the helplessness of being plunged into the depths of Thalassa's great waves, along with the adrenaline of not knowing if she will come up for air.

Health, food, accommodation: the ocean's huge potential We're rich in everything nature has invented over millions of years. Most of these treasures are located in a vast and as yet unexplored sea. It will soon provide much of our daily food, health, energy, housing and lifestyle needs.

In the Basque Country, from Biarritz to Bilbao. Fanny Agostini presents a look at the Atlantic and the Basque coast. Helping or hindering, the ocean is ever-present in the daily lives of the local population.

A cruise! The word in itself summons up visions of far horizons, exotic ports of call, luxury and relaxation. A vast promise. In the wake of these cruise ships, discover a constantly changing world that aims to anticipate its customers' every desire and whose success seems unstoppable.