What book is it?

Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fourth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 5 sentences (#4, 5, 6, 7 & 8) on your blog, along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it. Just grab what is closest. No cheating.


-Pregnant Isis, after all, hid in the crocodile infest swaps of New Delta.
-It was the safest spot she knew.
-In ancient days, the papyrus plant, which once lined the Nile, was a hieroglyphic emblem of lower Egypt, especially that Nile Delta swamp-land.
-It also served as a protective emblem from crocodiles, lending new meaning to Moses' cradle on the Nile, formed from papyrus.
- Draw the hieroglyph on parchment and carry it as a talisman