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    The Discount
    The Discount
    The Discount
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    The Discount

    By Pierluigi Frisco

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    Lei, the Chinese piet, learns that in The Netherlands it is not common to ask for discounts in shops.
    This comes as a surprise to all piets except Joost.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPierluigi Frisco
    Release dateSep 18, 2016
    ISBN9781370349470
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    Pierluigi Frisco

    Pierluigi Frisco holds a MSc from the University of Milan (Italy) and a PhD from Leiden University (The Netherlands). After a brief career in British academia Pierluigi, together with his wife and two children, moved back to The Netherlands and started to work in industry. His fields of expertise are computer modeling, optimization and data analytics.When not working or playing with his children, he is probably woodworking.

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