Does anyone have recipes for home made fluffy bread?

With an imminent move to the country (hopefully), I've been thinking more about resurrecting my bread maker as part of a move towards a greater level of our own food production.

I have a bread maker and have had numerous unsuccessful forays into the art of producing a good loaf, but have been disappointed by the dense and shrunken house bricks that have emerged from the maker.  Whilst I have considered they might be useful as an alternative building product, I'm still yearning for a fluffy, high, and traditional loaf of bread that harks back to the days of old.

So if anyone has favourite recipes that can be mixed in the bread maker and as a friend of mine suggests finished in a tin, I'd love to hear from you.  I'll have a go at all types, wholemeal, grain, sourdough, pumpkin, rye, olive etc.

Thanks in advance for any contributions...