Porch
Photos by Brian Vanden Brink/ Introduction by Richard Grant
Hardcover, 96 pages ($14.95)
Looking at this collection of photos is almost as soothing as lounging on a porch –especially if it’s as immaculately tended, lovingly arranged and enviably ahhhh-worthy as the delightful dozens featured here, from coast to coast and in between. The author sets the tone with his meditative text on the benefits of taking a bit of inside to the outside, but it’s the images that completely sweep you away in lapping waves of tranquil transport to idyllic spots (for someone) to curl up with a book, gaze upon Mother Nature’s wonders, take a snooze or simply get some fresh air.