Some old favorites that nine Seattle-area writers cited as books they'd choose to give someone this holiday season.
	Today's young readers are lucky. More fine juvenile books are rolling off the presses than ever before. Even "young-adult" titles - books aimed at those ages 11 to 18 - are soaring in popularity.
	Some of the best crime and mystery fiction of the year.
	A pair of innovative and beautiful bird books has recently been published by two of the country's best known birders, David Allen Sibley and Kenn Kaufman.
	It's the season for hefty coffee-table books focused on movie genres, a single movie or a single star.
	This list tilts toward books that combine beautiful design with information, meaning and even a message.
	This season has its share of art-book "greatest hits."
	Second only to the annual flood of compact discs this time of year is the wave of books about music.
	As the jazz (and world music) publishing boom continues, it's a "lush life" for fans at Christmas.
	Of the approximately 180 audiobooks I have heard this year, the one that most remains in my memory is an off-kilter comedy about a smart aleck CIA agent, a parrot and a computer-hacking granny.
	Travelers are stocking up on quality gifts while abroad.
	Travel accessories that are lightweight, useful.