French in Action
Workbook - Third Edition - Part II
Overview
If you want a brand new French in Action workbook, the third edition will be the easiest to find at large retailers. I would not hesitate to use any edition. When buying the French in Action workbooks the most important thing is to buy clean copies without the answers of someone else in the blanks. My favorite edition of the French in Action workbook is the second edition. The second edition has more material than the first edition and it avoids the affectations of the third edition (e.g. Marie-Laure's Twitter feed.) What is more, the second edition (as of this writing) is the most readily available (often relatively inexpensively) in used bookstores.
Third Edition Versus the Second
From the book itself:
The third edition has been revised by Pierre Capretz and Barry Lydgate and includes new, contemporary illustrations throughout and more-relevant information for today's students in the Documents sections of each lesson. A completely new feature is a journal by the popular character Marie-Laure, who observes and humorously comments on the political, cultural, and technological changes in the world between 1985 and today. The new edition also incorporates more content about the entire Francophone world.
Buying
Shop around; the price can sometimes vary among retailers. You also may have good success searching at second-hand stores and on eBay.