Articles written by Amelia Hill

Brandy is part of several popular drinks, including the Brandy Alexander. Try these brandy mixed drinks as a refreshing cocktail before dinner.

Jan 26, 2011 - Amelia Hill

Almond milk was used as a milk substitute in the Middle Ages. It's easy to make your own today using ground almonds and water.

Jan 26, 2011 - Amelia Hill

It's a popular myth that the type of music you play around plants can affect their growth. But is this really true?

Sep 6, 2010 - Amelia Hill

Summary of "Angel" episode 105, "Rm w/a Vu," in which Cordelia discovers that her new apartment is haunted.

Aug 19, 2010 - Amelia Hill

In the second episode of "Droids," C-3PO, R2-D2 and their new friends attempt to destroy a superweapon.

Aug 16, 2010 - Amelia Hill

Summary of the second episode of Angel's first season, which features a body-jumping demon.

Aug 16, 2010 - Amelia Hill

Recap of the pilot episode of "Angel," the spinoff show for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

Aug 13, 2010 - Amelia Hill

Summary of the pilot episode of "Star Wars: Droids," which follows the adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Aug 7, 2010 - Amelia Hill

Episode summaries for Season 1 of the mystery series Murdoch Mysteries, starring Yannick Bisson.

Apr 7, 2010 - Amelia Hill

"Star Wars: Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive," by Terry Bisson, is first in a series chronicling the adventures of a young Boba Fett.

Mar 11, 2010 - Amelia Hill

Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008) ran for 13 episodes, each parodying a sci-fi/fantasy story using the characters from Spaceballs.

Mar 8, 2010 - Amelia Hill

"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" by Sean Williams is based on the hit video game featuring Darth Vader's secret Sith apprentice.

Feb 27, 2010 - Amelia Hill

Duct tape purses are a stylish way to show off craft skills. Best of all, they look a lot more complicated to make than they really are.

Feb 1, 2010 - Amelia Hill

The Hellfire expansion for Diablo adds four additional unique armors. One, the Bovine Plate, is only available through a hidden quest.

Nov 28, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Ranged attacks can be frustrating for Barbarians in Diablo: Hellfire because Barbarians cannot use magic or ranged attacks of their own.

Nov 27, 2009 - Amelia Hill

There are four available Quests in the Hell levels of Diablo. Two, The Archbishop Lazarus and Diablo Quests, are present in every game and must be beaten to win.

Nov 25, 2009 - Amelia Hill

There are only two quests in the Caves levels of Diablo, but one - The Black Mushroom - is the game's most complicated.

Nov 24, 2009 - Amelia Hill

There are five different quests in the Catacombs levels of Diablo. All of them are only available in single player games.

Nov 24, 2009 - Amelia Hill

There are five different quests which may be available in a single-player game. (Two of them are available in multiplayer games.)

Nov 23, 2009 - Amelia Hill

The Bard was a test character for Hellfire, the only official expansion for Diablo. She can wield two weapons and has a good balance between strength and magic.

Nov 23, 2009 - Amelia Hill

The Hellfire expansion for Diablo includes eight additional levels, the Hive and the Crypt, which serve as extended quests, and several smaller quests.

Nov 22, 2009 - Amelia Hill

The Barbarian was a test character for Hellfire, the only official expansion for Diablo. It has no magic skills, but relies on brute strength.

Nov 22, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters and history of The Gondoliers, or the King of Barataria (1889), Gilbert & Sullivan's last successful collaboration.

Nov 21, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters and history of Patience, a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Nov 20, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Articles published at Helium.com can earn up to $3.50 plus ad revenue. There are other opportunities for earning as well, such as contests and the Helium Marketplace.

Nov 18, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters and history of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier (1896).

Nov 17, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Different types of articles have different pay rates at Demand Studios, which provides web content for sites such as Livestrong, Trails Travel and eHow.

Nov 16, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters and history of Charles Gounod's operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

Nov 14, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters and history of The Consul, an opera in three acts by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti.

Nov 13, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Four Saints in Three Acts, an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, uses the metaphor of saints' lives to explore the role of the artist.

Nov 12, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Leonard Wolf's annotated edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula is packed with information-perhaps too much information-for every Dracula fan.

Nov 11, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters, and history of Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium.

Nov 10, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Ruddigore (1887), the tenth opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, was an unsuccessful follow-up to their overwhelming popular Mikado.

Nov 9, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Review of a new critical edition of the nineteenth century vampire serial Varney the Vampire, with an introduction, footnotes and other supplementary material.

Nov 8, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to episodes 11 - 22 of the 1989 sci-fi detective series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint.

Nov 7, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to episodes 1 - 10 of Alien Nation, a sci-fi police procedural which used science fiction to approach issues of racism and inequality.

Nov 6, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Free opera scores are a great resource for students, researchers, performers and opera fans. Here are the best sites to find free opera scores online.

Nov 5, 2009 - Amelia Hill

The Spanish-language version of the 1931 film Dracula, shot by night on the same sets, is considered superior by many critics.

Nov 4, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters and history of the Faustian opera Mefistofele, by Arrigo Boito.

Nov 3, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Margaret Garner, an opera by Richard Danielpour, is based on the story of the runaway slave. Toni Morrison wrote the libretto based on her novel Beloved.

Nov 2, 2009 - Amelia Hill

In the song cycle Frauenliebe und -leben, Robert Schumann uses the piano not merely as accompaniment to the voice but as an agent of emotional expression.

Nov 1, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Synopsis and history of Amahl and the Night Visitors, with libretto and music by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti.

Oct 27, 2009 - Amelia Hill

L'Amore dei Tre Re, once a successful part of the operatic repertory, is a tragic Italian opera by Italo Montemezzi with a libretto based on the play by Sem Benelli.

Oct 26, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot, characters, and history of Meyerbeer's grand opera L'Africaine, which premiered in 1865, a year after the composer's death.

Oct 26, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Trial by Jury is the earliest surviving comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan. The story concerns a breach-of-promise case.

Oct 25, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Thespis was the first Gilbert & Sullivan opera. It was never published, and most of the music was destroyed in a fire. Only two numbers remain.

Oct 24, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Guide to the plot and characters of Niccola Spinelli's opera A Basso Porto (At the Lower Harbor, 1894).

Oct 22, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Varney the Vampire is a serial novel published from 1845 to 1847. It introduced many tropes associated with the modern vampire.

Oct 22, 2009 - Amelia Hill

Bianca (1918) is an American opera in one act by Henry Hadley, based on the play The Mistress of the Inn by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni.

Oct 20, 2009 - Amelia Hill

The British playwright James Robinson Planché wrote 176 works for the theatre and is remembered for his research on historical costume design.

Oct 18, 2009 - Amelia Hill