Nashua Public Library cardholders can save 10 percent on The Nashua Experience: A Three-Decade Upgrade, 1978-2008 during December.

A sequel to The Nashua Experience: History in the Making, this new book was written by three Nashua librarians: Alison Zaya, Linda N. Taggart, and Steven Butzel (Steve now works at the Portsmouth library).

The book covers the years 1978 to 2008. Marked by tremendous growth in population, commerce, and development, these were the years that saw the Everett Turnpike transformed from two lanes to four, the retail boom on the Daniel Webster Highway, and the splitting of Nashua High School into two state-of-the art institutions. Here too is the story of the changing face of Nashua, through immigration and the flowering of a new high-tech economy.

Read about the highs—the sesquicentennial celebration, Money magazine's naming of the city as the Best Place to Live in America—and the lows—bank failures, stalled highway projects, mayoral recalls.

The 179-page, 9 x 12-inch paperback includes an eight-page color-photo section. The book normally sells for $25. The 10 percent discount is available to library cardholders when purchasing the book at the library only.

A library card is available free, with proper identification, to anyone who lives, works, owns property, attends school, or is retired from employment in Nashua.

Print your 10 percent off coupon now. For more information, contact me at carol.eyman@nashualibrary.org.