XPath to select element based on childs child value

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Almost there. In your predicate, you want a relative path, so change 

./book[/author/name="John"]

to either

./book[author/name="John"]

or

./book[./author/name="John"]

and you will match your element. Your current predicate goes back to the root of the document to look for an author.

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