COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#14): FOOTPRINTS

"What kind of footsteps will you leave for those who follow you?"

Kathy Bee, Footsteps My Journey: The true story about the beloved poem Footprints In The Sand.

*Cover Characteristic is a book meme hosted by Sugar & Snark. Check it out and participate!

I couldn't find that many pretty footprint book covers, but these are some of the coolest ones!

How many did you find? Tell me in the comments!

6. The Murder Quadrille by Fidelis Morgan

Summary:

There's a dead body on the Common, so what else can you talk about over dinner?

But for a husband and wife whose marriage is on the rocks, their bank manager, their lawyer and his bimbo girlfriend, is it a safe conversation to have, particularly when a writer of lurid crime fiction is also there to make up the numbers. There's a very sharp knife about the place too. And whatever did happen to the missing librarian?

5. Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth by Jim Merkel

Summary:

Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind you—not just the six billion people, but the wildlife, and the as-yet-unborn?

In the face of looming ecological disaster, many people feel the need to change their own lifestyles as a tangible way of transforming our unsustainable culture. Radical Simplicity is the first book that guides the reader to a personal sustainability goal, then offers a process to monitor progress to a lifestyle that is equitable amongst all people, species, and generations. It employs three tools to help readers begin their customized journey to simplicity:

It builds on steps from Your Money or Your Life so readers can design their own personal economics to save money, get free of debt, and align their work with their values.
It uses refined tools from Our Ecological Footprint so readers can measure how much nature is needed to supply all they consume and absorb their waste.

4. Footprints of Thunder (Thunder #1) by James F. David

Summary:

When a freak natural phenomenon dissolves the boundaries between yesterday and today, the world is transformed into a patchwork mixture of the present and the distant past. Entire cities are replaced by primeval forests. Prehistoric monsters stalk modern city streets, hunting for human prey.

While ordinary men and women struggle to survive in this strange new world, the president and his advisers search for a way to undo the catastrophe. But the solution may be more devastating than the dinosaurs....

3. Footprints in the Fog (Clue #18) by A.E. Parker (Creator), Dona Smith

Summary:

Footprints in the Fog is a collection of short mysteries based on the characters, locations, and weapons used in the game Clue.

Follow the footprints in the fog to find out who stole the gold coins from the lighthouse.

2. The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators #15) by M.V. Carey

Summary:

The eccentric figure of The Potter is well known in Rocky Beach. But when the old man with his flowing robes and bare feet suddenly vanishes,the Three Investigators are mystified. 

What is the connection between The Potter's past, a royal family and a revolution? The symbol of the two-headed eagle is the clue. 

In probing the mystery, the boys come face to face with a deadly rival. But how can they combat an unseen enemy who leaves only his footprints behind - burning imprints of human feet?

1. Mad Magazine #8 by Jerry DeFuccio, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis (Illustrator), Will Elder (Illustrator)

Summary:

Containing MAD's classic spoofs, "Bat Boy and Rubin!", "Frank N. Stein!", "The Lone Stranger Rides Again!", and Harvey Kurtzman's "Hey Look!"