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diff --git a/CalibreWebCompanion/library/__pycache__/views.cpython-38.pyc b/CalibreWebCompanion/library/__pycache__/views.cpython-38.pyc
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diff --git a/CalibreWebCompanion/library/forms.py b/CalibreWebCompanion/library/forms.py
index 7a28e4c..910d3b0 100644
--- a/CalibreWebCompanion/library/forms.py
+++ b/CalibreWebCompanion/library/forms.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class SearchForm(forms.Form):
     title = forms.CharField(label="Title", max_length=200)
     author = forms.CharField(label='Author', max_length=100)
     identifier = forms.CharField(label='Identifier(ISBN, Google-id, amazon id)', max_length=20)
+    generic = forms.CharField(label='All', max_length=100, required=False)
 
 
 
diff --git a/CalibreWebCompanion/library/templates/base.html b/CalibreWebCompanion/library/templates/base.html
index f56ba71..02f5c14 100644
--- a/CalibreWebCompanion/library/templates/base.html
+++ b/CalibreWebCompanion/library/templates/base.html
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
         </ul>
 
         <ul class="left">
-          <li><a href="{% url 'search' %}">Search</a></li>
           <li><a href="{% url 'books' %}">Books</a></li>
           <li><a class="dropdown-trigger" href="#!" data-target="dropdown-authors">Authors<i
                 class="material-icons right">arrow_drop_down</i></a></li>
@@ -66,6 +65,18 @@
                 class="material-icons right">arrow_drop_down</i></a></li>
           <li><a class="dropdown-trigger" href="#!" data-target="dropdown-tags">Tags<i
                 class="material-icons right">arrow_drop_down</i></a></li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'search' %}">Advanced search</a></li>
+          <li>
+            <!-- stefan, this div. can we have this int the navbar? -->
+            <div class="container">
+              <form action="{% url 'results' %}" method="get" style="padding-top:2em">
+                <label for="generic"></label>
+                <input id="generic" type="text" name="generic" value="">
+                <button class="waves-effect waves-light btn green accent-4" type="submit">search</button>
+              </form>
+            </div>
+            <!-- this is the end of the div, stefan -->
+          </li>
         </ul>
         <ul id="dropdown-authors" class="dropdown-content">
           {% for author in unique_authors %}
@@ -89,6 +100,8 @@
         </ul>
         {% endif %}
       </div>
+
+
     </nav>
   </div>
   <script>
diff --git a/CalibreWebCompanion/library/views.py b/CalibreWebCompanion/library/views.py
index 23a0c49..271e4be 100644
--- a/CalibreWebCompanion/library/views.py
+++ b/CalibreWebCompanion/library/views.py
@@ -41,13 +41,20 @@ class ResultsView(generic.ListView):  # no clue if this is secure.
         title = self.request.GET.get('title')
         author = self.request.GET.get('author')
         identifier = self.request.GET.get("identifier")
+        generic = self.request.GET.get("generic")
         books = Book.objects.prefetch_related("tags", "ratings")
         if title:
-            books =books.filter(sort__icontains=title)
+            books = books.filter(sort__icontains=title)
         if author:
             books = books.filter(author_sort__icontains=author)
         if identifier:
             books = books.filter(identifier__val=identifier)
+        if generic:
+            books = books.filter(
+                Q(sort__icontains=generic) | 
+                Q(author_sort__icontains=generic) | 
+                Q(identifier__val=generic)
+            )
         return books
 
 
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ class AuthorListView(generic.ListView):
 
 class BookListView(generic.ListView):
     model = Book
+
     def get_queryset(self):
         # Annotate the books with ratings, tags, etc
         # books = Book.objects.annotate(