Better Than Throwing Stones - Hardcoverby Jan Ball (Author) Ball's most recent book flings the reader right into a collage of her many life stories, including glimpses into flickering churches, children's games, books read and journeys between continents. Fruits and fragrances, mind and memory, teaching and learning all come together in a magical arc of a book that leaps seamlessly between worlds near and far, sacred and secular. Ball's book is peppered with allusions to films and novels,