I would like to book a table for Friday=
Je voudrais réserver une table pour vendredi.
le livre sur la table
"Le livre est sur la table"
Set the book on the table is grammatically correct for use in everday speech.
'est sur'the book is on the table: le livre est sur la table
The table of contents is at the front of the book. You would find an index at the back of a book.
The french word "sur" means "over" or "on" in the physical sense. It is a preposition. Le livre (the book) est (is) sur (on) la table (the table).
In regards to a non fiction book the table of contents goes in front, content in the middle and the index goes in the back
mon - masculine, ma - feminine, mes - plural (NB this is according to what is possessed and not who possesses the object) eg: my table - ma table (because the word table is feminine in French) my book - mon livre (because the word book (livre) is masculine in French) my tables - mes tables (here the word tables is plural because there are more than one of them)
Take the example of a book resting on a table. The downward force of the book's weight is matched exactly by the upward resistance of the table - hence the book remains where it is. (If the table was very flimsy, and unable to support the weight of the book, the book would accelerate towards the ground.)
That will be found in the Table of Contents.
The Coffee Table-referring to an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table called a coffee-table bookorbookalicious
table of contents