How to pass XML from C# to a stored procedure in SQL Server 2008?

For part 2 of your question, see my answer to Stored procedure: pass XML as an argument and INSERT (key/value pairs) for an example of how to use XML within a stored procedure.

EDIT: Sample code below is based on the specific example given in the comments.

declare @MyXML xml

set @MyXML = '<booksdetail> 
                  <isbn_13>700001048</isbn_13> 
                  <isbn_10>01048B</isbn_10> 
                  <Image_URL>http://www.landt.com/Books/large/00/70100048.jpg</Image_URL> 
                  <title>QUICK AND FLUPKE</title> 
                  <Description> PRANKS AND JOKES QUICK AND FLUPKE - CATASTROPHE QUICK AND FLUPKE </Description> 
              </booksdetail>'

select Book.detail.value('(isbn_13/text())[1]','varchar(100)') as isbn_13, 
       Book.detail.value('(isbn_10/text())[1]','varchar(100)') as isbn_10, 
       Book.detail.value('(Image_URL/text())[1]','varchar(100)') as Image_URL, 
       Book.detail.value('(title/text())[1]','varchar(100)') as title, 
       Book.detail.value('(Description/text())[1]','varchar(100)') as Description
    from @MyXML.nodes('/booksdetail') as Book(detail)     

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