Reports

You might want to use the [xml] type.

# Cast the xml string into [xml] type
[xml]$xml = @"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Book>
  <projects>
    <project name="Book1" date="2009-01-20">
      <editions>
        <edition language="English">En.Book1.com</edition>
        <edition language="German">Ge.Book1.Com</edition>
        <edition language="French">Fr.Book1.com</edition>
        <edition language="Polish">Pl.Book1.com</edition>
      </editions>
   </project>
  </projects>
</Book>
"@

$xml.SelectNodes("//edition")

Outputs

language #text
-------- -----
English  En.Book1.com
German   Ge.Book1.Com
French   Fr.Book1.com
Polish   Pl.Book1.com

And for your case specifically,

$Xml.SelectNodes("//edition")."#text"

Returns

En.Book1.com
Ge.Book1.Com
Fr.Book1.com
Pl.Book1.com

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