The River Trading Co

A vintage & used bookstore in the heart of Barton Village in Hamilton, ON. Curated treasures including collectables for you to discover and enjoy.

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Ooolld National Geographic Society volumes.

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"Why you pick up phone instead of pet me."

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An encyclopedia of social inventions!

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"Ring bell on the door again, please!"

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Our selection of children's novels is ever growing. Has your little reader discovered "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" yet?

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Thursday is Halloween. How about some Vampire and Werewolf literature to prime the fright?

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Who loved a spooky story as a kid?

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If you're still contemplating your Halloween costume, here's a killer book showing you how to put together detailed masks. Totally worth flipping through for ideas.

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Well, if you were ever looking for bathroom readers... Our collection is growing.

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Our Manga selection is growing so much that it doesn't even fit the shelf anymore!

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Two weeks until Halloween!

Here are some spooky decorating ideas.

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Ian McEwan is best known for his novel, "Atonement." He started out writing Gothic short stories in the late 70s and has written 15 novels to date. Our little collection of Ian's books is just a taste of his work.

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Just waiting for something to happen!

It doesn't usually take long. Soon there's a fly to be chased.

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All about essences and essential oils!

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Stephen Hawking's 1988 classic, updated with "more than 240 full-color illustrations, including satellite images, photographs made made possible by spectacular technological advance such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and computer generated images."

Phew. Sweet. Let's jump in!

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Digital painting that takes your breath away. For all of you artists with a flare for digital, here are 5 volumes to help you refine your technique and blow people away.

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Everything on trolleys and trains from the turn of the 19th Century. Rails, steam engines, electric motors, chassis, and anything involved in the early business of transporting people across cities.

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All the Harry Potter! In different prints and arts and covers. So colourful!

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Brian Greene is a Theoretical Physicist and a Mathematician.

He wrote "The Elegant Universe" about string theory and superstring theory, laying it out as simply as possible.

In "The Hidden Reality," Brian explains the theory of the multiverse and parallel universes.

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Bliss makes her presence known occasionally. She gets some affection from you, then stands off, just out of reach.

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