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Shelly King’s new novel, “The Moment of Everything,” drops you off in the pages of an ancient copy of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” where mysterious margin notes guide its recently laid-off reader through the eccentricities of her favorite used bookstore as well as the excesses of Silicon Valley. It’s the perfect intersection of retro-romance and high-tech cool, where wry humor cuts tenderly through the pleasures of the past. If you want to dive deeply into local culture, here are some can’tmiss books. Thomas Hickenbottom’s “Surfing in Santa Cruz” explores the history of our favorite pastime. Geoffrey Dunn’s “Santa Cruz is in the Heart (Volume II)” is a local classic. “228 Interesting, Odd, Beautiful and Historic Things to Do in Santa Cruz” by Steven Bignell and Susan Bruijnes challenges even the most hard-core local not to find someplace new to explore. And Stephanie Michel’s well-researched, don’t-read-itin-the-dark novel “Curse of Santa Cruz” revisits our reputation as the murder capital of the world in the 1970s, the tragic demise of our Chinatown, the decimation of the Ohlone nation, and the legendary curse that may have caused them all. Finally, don’t forget “Blue Mind” by Wallace Nichols, who lives up the road in Davenport. It’s a fascinating study of the scientific and psychological evidence that human happiness and well-being thrives in proximity to water. We could have told him that. There you have it, a smorgasbord of great gift ideas. Now go make a local author happy and cross a lucky reader off your gift list.