Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample

  Public Shared Sub Main()

      Dim doc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
      doc.Load("newbooks.xml")

      'Create an XmlNamespaceManager for resolving namespaces.
      Dim nsmgr As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable)
      nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "urn:newbooks-schema")

      'Select the book written by an author whose last name is Atwood.
      Dim book As XmlNode 
      Dim root As XmlElement = doc.DocumentElement
      book = root.SelectSingleNode("descendant::bk:book[bk:author/bk:last-name='Atwood']", nsmgr)

      Console.WriteLine(book.OuterXml)

  End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {

      XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
      doc.Load("newbooks.xml");

      // Create an XmlNamespaceManager to resolve the default namespace.
      XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
      nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "urn:newbooks-schema");

      // Select the first book written by an author whose last name is Atwood.
      XmlNode book;
      XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
     book = root.SelectSingleNode("descendant::bk:book[bk:author/bk:last-name='Atwood']", nsmgr);

      Console.WriteLine(book.OuterXml);

  }
}

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->Load( L"newbooks.xml" );

   // Create an XmlNamespaceManager to resolve the default namespace.
   XmlNamespaceManager^ nsmgr = gcnew XmlNamespaceManager( doc->NameTable );
   nsmgr->AddNamespace( L"bk", L"urn:newbooks-schema" );

   // Select the first book written by an author whose last name is Atwood.
   XmlNode^ book;
   XmlElement^ root = doc->DocumentElement;
   book = root->SelectSingleNode( L"descendant::bk:book[bk:author/bk:last-name='Atwood']", nsmgr );
   Console::WriteLine( book->OuterXml );
   return 0;
}