Reddit mentions of Integrated Branding

The best book ever written on typography is called The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst. I can't say enough about how important those lessons are.

Beyond that, I like two type books for InDesign: Adobe InDesign CS4 Styles and InDesign Type. If you are interested in InDesign to do type layout, these books will give you the shortcut and power user skills so you're not wasting tons of time. They focus on Paragraph and Character Styles and GREP. Pass on them if you're not interested in that aspect of design.

I also like a book called Vector Basic Training, which is less about learning Illustrator and more about developing a workflow where illustrating by hand and digital work complement each other.

I'm less excited about branding in general, but the book I sharpened my teeth on is called Integrated Branding, which does a good job of taking you through the entire process, and keeping the visual design aspects off the table until the more important work has been done. It's a solid 101 overview, though there may be better books published more recently.