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		Sunshine: One Man's Search for Happiness Robert Mighall Cover: Hardback Price: £16.99 Sunshine - "..an open love letter to the most fickle mistress northern man has ever served." Perhaps the first book to explore our obsession with the sun, written by a true enthusiast. For the other side of the coin, try Sunbathing in the Rain by Gwyneth Lewis.

		30 Great Runs in London Cover: Paperback Price: £9.99 In between explorations further afield, get some fresh and air and exercise closer to home with these planned routes in zones 1 to 3.

		Twelve Favourite Mountains Alfred Wainwright Cover: Hardback Price: £12.99 Alfred Wainwright's beautifully hand drawn guide to what he considered the finest mountains in the Lake District. For the reasons why man is forever reaching higher, try Robert MacFarlane's scintillating Mountains of the Mind.

		The Beautiful Machine Graeme Fife Cover: Paperback Price: £9.99 One man's love affair with his bike. If it inspires you to take to two wheels, plan your routes with The London Cycle Guide.

		Seaside Time Out Cover: Paperback Price: £16.99 From Sennen Cove on the Penwith peninsula, the location for Sam Peckinpah's film Straw Dogs, to Sandwood Bay on the north-western tip of Scotland, with plenty of family holiday spots in between, this is your comprehensive guide. For beach reading we recommend Jonathan Raban's Coasting or Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux.

		Wild Swimming Daniel Start Cover: Paperback Price: £14.95 From the publishers of Cool Camping, Wild Swimming details "150 hidden dips in the rivers, lakes and waterfalls of Britain". To accompany you while you dry off, take the wonderful 'Waterlog' by Roger Deakin, a previous recommendation.

		Nature Cure Richard Mabey Cover: Paperback Price: £7.99 An inspirational account of the curative powers of surrendering to nature. Closer to home, read Valentine Low's One Man and His Dig (how to stay sane whilst working as a London journalist).

		Cuttings Christopher Lloyd Cover: Paperback Price: £10.99 A year in the garden with the grand old man of British horticulture. To see the theory in practice, consult the National Garden Scheme's Yellow Book 2008 for gardens open for charity all over the UK.